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Georgia O'Keeffe
Red Canna, 1925–1928
Courtesy of University of Arizona Museum of Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR513_red-canna_866540.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Red Canna, 1925–1928
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite, 35 3/4 x 29 3/4 inches
CR No. 513
Collection of the University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson; gift of Oliver James
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite, 35 3/4 x 29 3/4 inches
Collection of the University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson; gift of Oliver James
CR No. 513

A glowing red, pink, orange, and white canna blossoms over the entire canvas. Its rippling, brightly colored petals resemble flames rising from a central point.

CR No. 513

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Red Canna

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Exam. at Mrs. Weiner's (formerly Alma Morganthau Wertheim) apartment, March 1946. . . . No signature. On back: Intimate Gallery label, 'Red Canna' (1924). 3rd Exhibition. Feb. 11–Mar. 11. 50 Recent Paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe [not verified]. Handsome, Red, yellow and purple. Needs cleaning. Note: The third exhibition at the Intimate Gal. was in 1926. There is no catalogue of this [1926] exhibition but it is probable that the picture was painted in 1925 and not 1924 as stated on the label. Owned Mrs. Paul L. Wiener." Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks date 1925. Dated 1925/1928. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite

Alfred Stieglitz, New York, NY; Alma Morganthau Wertheim, New York, NY after 1928 (?); The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY 1949; purchased by Oliver B. James December 14, 1949; gift to UAMA, 1950. (Source: University of Arizona Museum of Art, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Last verified by current collection 2025

Source System ID

8596

Other IDs

513, Catalogue Raisonné