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Georgia O'Keeffe
2 Calla Lilies on Pink, 1928
Courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR629_2-calla-lilies-on-pink_857717.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
2 Calla Lilies on Pink, 1928
Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
CR No. 629
Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
CR No. 629

Two calla lilies with supple white petals and yellow center spikes fill the frame. The twisting, delicate forms of the flowers contrast with their dark green stems and a pale pink background.

CR No. 629

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

2 Calla Lilies on Pink

Source of title: backing inscription 1.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

2 Calla Lilies

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Two Calla Lilies

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title

Two Calla Lilies on Pink

Source of title: Philadelphia Museum of Art.

General Remarks

Double entries Downtown Gallery Archive. Not recorded Whitney Archive. Abiquiú Notebooks notes inscription 1 and indicates, "☆{5star} . Note: 2 lilies on pink." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Backing:

  1. "2 Calla Lilies on Pink – 28?" (graphite)
  2. OK {5star} (graphite) 3. "Silvered strips to / separate glass from canvas – " (DB, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

In the artist's collection, 1928‑1986; The Georgia O'Keeffe Estate, 1986; bequest to PMA, 1987
(Source: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

8690

Other IDs

629, 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

"October 1962 Co Polymer-Iso and N-Butyl methacrylate 1960" (Fine Arts Conservation Laboratories typed label).