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Oil on canvas, 36 x 18 inches
CR No. 720
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe, 1987.58.5
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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
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)
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)
1970–1971
Whitney Museum of American Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Art Institute of Chicago (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
1998
2009–2010
Whitney Museum of American Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction)
The Phillips Collection (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction)
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (as Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction)
2013–2014
Hyde Collection Art Museum (as Modern Nature: Georgia O'Keeffe and Lake George)
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (as Modern Nature: Georgia O'Keeffe and Lake George)
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (as Modern Nature: Georgia O'Keeffe and Lake George)
1943
1946
1953
Dallas Museum of Art (as An Exhibition of Paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe)
Mayo Hill Galleries (as An Exhibition of Paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe)
The artist [1887-1986]; her estate; bequest 1987 to NGA. (Source: NGA, 2025)
© Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Version History
Core fields last updated 3/30/2026
Last verified by current collection Dec 09 2025
Source System ID
8764
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