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Georgia O'Keeffe
New York, Night, 1928–1929
Courtesy of Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Image: okeeffe_CR646_new-york-night_858957.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
New York, Night, 1928–1929
Oil on canvas, 40 1/8 x 19 3/16 inches
CR No. 646
Sheldon Museum of Art, Nebraska Art Association, Thomas C. Woods Memorial, N-107.1958
Oil on canvas, 40 1/8 x 19 3/16 inches
Sheldon Museum of Art, Nebraska Art Association, Thomas C. Woods Memorial, N-107.1958
CR No. 646

A tall tower dominates this nighttime cityscape, rising up amongst a number of dark skyscrapers with illuminated windows. A bright street cuts diagonally across the composition.

CR No. 646

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

New York, Night

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, 1930 New York (An American Place) exhibition checklist.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

New York – Night

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

New York Night

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . No signature." Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks date 1928. Dated 1928/1929 on basis of verso inscription and inclusion in 1930 exhibition. Pictured in 1930 and 1935 New York (An American Place) Stieglitz installation photographs, see Appendix III, figures 38, 40, 58. This painting depicts the Beverly Hotel that O'Keeffe could see from the north window of her 30th floor apartment at the Shelton Hotel. Reproduced and titled New York – Night in Creative Art (June 1931). (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: "Georgia O'Keeffe" (AS, graphite). Verso: "G. O'Keeffe 1928-29" (white paint) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Artist; Downtown Gallery; Acquired by purchase from Downtown Gallery in 1958.
(Source: Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Last verified by current collection Aug 14 2025

Source System ID

8707

Other IDs

646, Catalogue Raisonné