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Georgia O'Keeffe
White Birch, 1925
Courtesy of Amon Carter Museum of American Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR511_white-birch_857645.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
White Birch, 1925
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
CR No. 511
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
CR No. 511

Twisting white birch branches stretch over the composition. Soft, cloudlike yellow forms denote clusters of leaves. The background is rendered in shades of pale pink and white.

CR No. 511

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

White Birch

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

The Orange Birch

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

White Birch Trees – Autumn; White Birch Trees

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

The White Birch, Lake George

Source of title: Whitney Archive.

White Birch Trees, Autumn

Source of title: Whitney Archive.

General Remarks

Double entries Downtown Gallery Archive. Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, April 1946. .. [notes backing inscription 2]. Somewhat abstract, white birch trees — yellow leaves & foliage. Note: O'Keeffe confirms date." Backing inscriptions date 1925 and 1927. Whitney Archive dates 1927. Downtown Gallery Archive dates 1925 and 1927. Downtown Gallery Archive and Abiquiú Notebooks date 1925. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. "The Orange Birch / 1925" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite) 2. "White Birch Trees – Autumn / 1927 / by Georgia O'Keeffe" (William Einstein, Label: stamped, "An American Place / Room 1710— 509 Madison Ave. / New York, — N.Y." (blue-bordered), black ink) 3. "White Birch Trees" (Doris Bry, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Ruth Carter Stevenson, Fort Worth, Texas, purchase, 1964 (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 8/26/2026

Source System ID

8594

Other IDs

511, Catalogue Raisonné

Conservation

Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.
REPORT NOTES

Published with corresponding artwork entry in Georgia O’Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné (Lynes, 1999), this historical conservation information documents treatment decisions made during the artist’s lifetime. Lynes quotes information found on backing labels, and, when noted, from other sources.

CONDITION NARRATIVE

"Sprayed by Mrs. Keck, May 1943, with butyl methacrylate polymer" (Keck typed label).