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Georgia O'Keeffe
L. K. White Calla and Roses, 1926
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Georgia O'Keeffe
L. K. White Calla and Roses, 1926
Oil on canvas, 30 x 48 inches
CR No. 552
Oil on canvas, 30 x 48 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 552

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)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 6/10/2026

Source System ID

8624

Other IDs

552, 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 1949 with butyl methacrylate polymer" (Keck typed label).