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Oil on canvas, 30 x 48 inches
CR No. 552
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The undulating petals of a large white calla lily sweep across the landscape-oriented canvas. A bright yellow spike emerges from the flower's center. The bloom is framed by several dark purple roses, and one green left on the lower lefthand side of the image. The work's background glows in shades of greenish blue.
CR No. 552
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
L. K. White Calla and Roses
Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.
Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Calla Lily with Red Roses
L. K. – White Calla & Roses
General Remarks
Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Infor. from O'Keeffe: 'L. K. stands for L[ouis] Kalonyme." Abiquiú Notebooks notes inscriptions 1, 3, 4. Reproduced and titled Calla with Roses in Creative Art (January 1928). Louis Kalonyme was an art critic and friend of O'Keeffe and Stieglitz. (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. OK {5star} (graphite) [twice] 2. "Georiga O'Keeffe" (black ink) 3. "Calla Lily with / Red Roses" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite) 4. "Calla Lily with Red Roses / 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) 5. Label: handwritten, "An American Place' / 509 Madison Ave —Room 1710 / (S.E. corner 53rd St) — New York"1 (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on canvas
Harold Diamond, New York, NY, purchase, 1977; (Robert Miller Gallery, Inc., New York, NY, and Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, NY); (James Goodman Gallery, Inc., New York, NY); (Paul Kantor Gallery, Beverly Hills, California); Linda Rondstadt Collection, San Francisco, California, 1980; Sotheby's, New York, NY, sale no. 7135, lot no. 150, 20 May 1998; (Aptekar Arts Management, Brookline, Massachusetts) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
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Version History
Core fields last updated 6/10/2026
Last verified by current collection
Source System ID
8624
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Conservation
Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.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.
"Sprayed by Mrs. Keck, May 1949 with butyl methacrylate polymer" (Keck typed label).
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