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Georgia O'Keeffe
Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. VI, 1930
Courtesy of National Gallery of Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR720_jack-in-the-pulpit-no-vi_857695.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. VI, 1930
Oil on canvas, 36 x 18 inches
CR No. 720
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe, 1987.58.5
Oil on canvas, 36 x 18 inches
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe, 1987.58.5
CR No. 720

A long, narrow form with a rounded tip that resembles the spadix of a jack-in-the-pulpit occupies the center of the frame. A white halo surrounds the black shape. Two bands of burgundy paint frame the long, narrow composition.

CR No. 720

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. VI

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Jack-in-Pulpit

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive.

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive.

Jack-in-the-Pulpit, No. 6

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive.

Selected Exhibition Titles

Jack in the Pulpit No. VI
Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things, 1999, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)

General Remarks

Series renumbered by O'Keeffe and Doris Bry in 1970. Pictured in 1931 New York (An American Place) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 43. Reproduced and titled Jack–in–the–Pulpit, Number 8 in Magazine of Art *(September 1934); reproduced *untitled in New York World–Telegram (March 1945). (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: "C / #19" [twice] (unidentified hand, graphite). Verso: "Georgia O'Keeffe / 1930 – " (white paint). Backing: 1. "Jack in Pulpit – 30" (graphite) 2. OK {5star} (graphite) 3. "New York – N.Y." (Art Institute of Chicago, black ink) 4. Label: handwritten, "An American Place' / 509 Madison Avenue / New York — N.Y. / Georgia O'Keeffe" 5. Stamp: "Georgia O'Keeffe / An American Place / Room 1710— 509 Madison Ave. / New York — N.Y." 6. "Box 43 / on 6" (Doris Bry, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

The artist [1887-1986]; her estate; bequest 1987 to NGA. (Source: NGA, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Last verified by current collection Dec 09 2025

Source System ID

8764

Other IDs

720, Catalogue Raisonné