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Georgia O'Keeffe
Autumn Leaf II, 1927
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Autumn Leaf II, 1927
Oil on canvas, 32 x 21 inches
CR No. 605
Oil on canvas, 32 x 21 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 605

A large, smooth purple leaf with a bright red vein running down its center fills much of the canvas. Behind the leaf are several overlapping forms that echo its shape. The forms glow in shades of purple, red, and gray.

CR No. 605

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Autumn Leaf II

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Autumn Leaves – No. 2

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Autumn Leaf – B

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Autumn Leaves No. 2

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Autumn Leaves #2

Source of title: Downtown Gallery label.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . No signature [notes backing inscription 2]. . . . O'Keeffe says ptd. 1927." Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977 indicates, "Sold by Halpert to Lasker, 9/61; Sold at Auction . . . 1980 to Kennedy Galleries." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. OK {5star} (graphite) 2. "Autumn Leaves – No. 2 / 1927 / by Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY); Albert D. Lasker, New York, NY, 1961; Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, NY, sale no. 4365, lot no. 246, 25 April 1980; Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, and Robert Miller Gallery, Inc., New York, NY, 1980; Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, 1984; (Thea Westreich Art Advisory Services, Inc., New York, NY) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 4/22/2026

Source System ID

8672

Other IDs

605, Catalogue Raisonné