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Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches
CR No. 638
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Gift of Charles C. & Margaret Stevenson Henderson in memory of Jeanne Crawford Henderson
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A huge, bright red and orange poppy with a black center fills the canvas. Near the center of the flower, each petal fades from fiery orange to black. The flower sits on an abstract white surface with hints of pale green and red.
CR No. 638
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Red Poppy
Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.
Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Red Poppy No. V
Alternate Title
Poppy
Source of title: Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg.
General Remarks
Whitney Archive indicates, "Sold to Mrs. Henderson." (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Lynes publication dates 1928, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg dates work 1927. (Source: information provided to Access O'Keeffe by Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, 2025)
Inscriptions
Stretcher: "Cat #34" (unidentified hand, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on canvas
1999–2000
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (as Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things)
Dallas Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things)
1992–1993
The Phillips Collection (as Two Lives Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, A Conversation in Paintings and Photographs)
IBM Gallery of Science and Art (as Two Lives Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, A Conversation in Paintings and Photographs)
Minneapolis Institute of Arts (as Two Lives Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, A Conversation in Paintings and Photographs)
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFA H) (as Two Lives Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, A Conversation in Paintings and Photographs)
1998–1999
(The Intimate Gallery, New York, NY); Mr. and Mrs. Hunt Henderson, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1928; Charles C. and Margaret Stevenson Henderson, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1971 (Source: Lynes, 1999)
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Version History
Core fields last updated 3/30/2026
Last verified by current collection Sep 11 2025
Source System ID
8699
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