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Red Poppy, 1928
Courtesy of Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Red Poppy, 1928
Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches
CR No. 638
Gift of Charles C. & Margaret Stevenson Henderson in memory of Jeanne Crawford Henderson
Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches
Gift of Charles C. & Margaret Stevenson Henderson in memory of Jeanne Crawford Henderson
CR No. 638

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

(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)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Last verified by current collection Sep 11 2025

Source System ID

8699

Other IDs

638, Catalogue Raisonné