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Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 1/8 inches
CR No. 640
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Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe
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Two yellow leaves, one on top of the other, rest on a white surface.
CR No. 640
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
2 Yellow Leaves
Source of title: backing inscription 1.
Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Yellow Leaves
Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.
Selected Exhibition Titles
2 Yellow Leaves (Yellow Leaves)
Georgia O'Keeffe: Art, Image, Style, 2017, Peabody Essex Museum (Salem)
General Remarks
Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . No signature." Backing inscriptions date 1926 and 1928. Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks date 1928. (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Stretcher: "#4" (unidentified hand, graphite). Backing: 1. "2 Yellow Leaves – 26" (graphite) 2. OK {5star} (graphite) 3. "Probably 28" (graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on canvas
2001–2002
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (as O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes: The Artist's Collection)
Milwaukee Art Museum (as O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes: The Artist's Collection)
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (as O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes: The Artist's Collection)
2012–2015
Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA) (as American Moderns, 1910–1960: From O’Keeffe to Rockwell)
Everson Museum of Art (as American Moderns, 1910–1960: From O’Keeffe to Rockwell)
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (as American Moderns, 1910–1960: From O’Keeffe to Rockwell)
Reynolda House Museum of American Art (as American Moderns, 1910–1960: From O’Keeffe to Rockwell)
Delaware Art Museum (as American Moderns, 1910–1960: From O’Keeffe to Rockwell)
Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield Museums (as American Moderns, 1910–1960: From O’Keeffe to Rockwell)
Wichita Art Museum (as American Moderns, 1910–1960: From O’Keeffe to Rockwell)
Shelburne Museum (as American Moderns, 1910–1960: From O’Keeffe to Rockwell)
Joslyn Art Museum (as American Moderns, 1910–1960: From O’Keeffe to Rockwell)
2017–2020
Brooklyn Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
Reynolda House Museum of American Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
Peabody Essex Museum (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
The Cleveland Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
Wichita Art Museum (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
Nevada Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
Norton Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern)
Artist (The), until 1986, Estate of Georgia O’Keeffe (The), Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1986-1987, Brooklyn Museum (The), 1987 (Source: Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2025)
© Brooklyn Museum of Art
Version History
Core fields last updated 5/20/2026
Last verified by current collection 2025
Source System ID
8701
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Conservation
Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.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.
"8/63 co-polymer iso and n-butyl methacrylate 2215" (Fine Arts Conservation Laboratories typed label).
Information provided for Access O'Keeffe by Brooklyn Museum of Art in 2025.
Good
Infrared subtraction (irrsubt) generated responses in the passages of green paint around the edges of the leaves as well as in the stem and spines, suggesting the presence of a blue pigment . These areas appear red in the false color infrared image, which further supports this conclusion. Ultraviolet fluorescence (uvl) showed several localized passages of bright orange fluorescence -- notably along the spines of the smaller leaf. This fluorescence color is characteristic of red lake pigments.
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