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Georgia O'Keeffe
Birch and Pine Tree, No. 2, 1925
Courtesy of Rahr-West Art Museum.
Image: okeeffe_CR508_birch-and-pine-tree-no-2_871229.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Birch and Pine Tree, No. 2, 1925
Oil on canvas, 36 x 22 inches
CR No. 508
From the collection of the Rahr-West Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. John D. West
Oil on canvas, 36 x 22 inches
From the collection of the Rahr-West Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. John D. West
CR No. 508

Three white limbs of a birch tree extend outward from the bottom center of the canvas. Behind the birch, dark brown pine trees span the length of the composition. Green pine boughs appear to wrap around the birch's trunk and limbs. Soft shapes in red and green form the work's background.

CR No. 508

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Birch and Pine Tree, No. 2

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Birch and Pine Tree No. II

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Painted 1925. Titled 'Silver Birch & A Pine Tree' 1925 ––/'White Green & Black & Purple' and 'Silver Birch & Pine Tree' (oil, 1925) Georgia O'Keeffe/Green & purple & red" by Stieglitz on Abiquiú Notebooks photograph. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. OK {5star} (graphite) 2. "Birch Tree & Pine – 1925 / Autumn / by Georgia O'Keeffe" {all crossed out} (Alfred Stieglitz, black crayon) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Estate of the artist, 1986; (Michael Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Mrs. John D. West, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1990 (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/20/2026

Last verified by current collection Feb 23 2026

Source System ID

8591

Other IDs

508, Catalogue Raisonné