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Georgia O'Keeffe
Abstraction Blue, 1927
Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Abstraction Blue, 1927
Oil on canvas, 40 1/4 x 30 inches
CR No. 573
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the Helen Acheson Bequest
Oil on canvas, 40 1/4 x 30 inches
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the Helen Acheson Bequest
CR No. 573

A central, rounded form dominates the composition. The shape is surrounded by thin, rippling forms in dark blue, pale blue, white, and yellow that resemble petals wrapped around the center of a flower. Running through the center of the composition from top to bottom is a thin strip of white similar to a crack in a mirror. On either side of the strip, the forms are slightly different in color and shape as though refracted.

CR No. 573

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Abstraction Blue

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, 1928 New York (Intimate Gallery–O'Keeffe) exhibition checklist.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Abstraction, Blue

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . No signature." Abiquiú Notebooks indicates, "Back: O'Keeffe writing 'White Line – Blue Abstraction' – 27. 40 x 30 Initials and star" [not verified]. Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977 indicates, "Sold to the Museum of Modern Art by Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1979." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Signed on back. Not dated. (Source: MoMA, 2025)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Georgia O'Keeffe, Abiquiú, New Mexico.
1959, Dr. Helen Boignon, New York.
1979, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, purchased from a private collection
(Helen Boignon?), New York through Hirschl & Adler Galleries (Norman Hirschl), New York. (Source: MoMA, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 8/26/2026

Last verified by current collection Dec 15 2025

Source System ID

8643

Other IDs

573, Catalogue Raisonné