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Pink Sweet Peas, 1927
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Pink Sweet Peas, 1927
Pastel on paper, 27 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches
CR No. 598
Pastel on paper, 27 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 598

Clusters of rippling white sweet pea blossoms with red and pink edges fill the frame. The flowers are cast against a plain white background.

CR No. 598

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Pink Sweet Peas

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

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Sweet Peas – Pink

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . No signature" [notes backing inscription 2]. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. OK {5star} (graphite) 2. "Sweet Peas – Pink – 1927 / by Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: printed, The Intimate Gallery, black ink) 3. "CARE PAlfred StieglitzTEL" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Pastel

Materials

Pastel on paper

(Doris Bry, New York, NY); Private collection, New York, NY, 1968; (Doris Bry, New York, NY); (Joan T. Washburn, New York, NY); Private collection, St. Louis, Missouri, 1974 (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

8667

Other IDs

598, Catalogue Raisonné