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Georgia O'Keeffe
Lake George Early Moonrise, 1930
Courtesy of Neuberger Museum of Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR723_lake-george-early-moonrise_862719.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Lake George Early Moonrise, 1930
Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 35 1/2 inches
CR No. 723
Collection Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College SUNY, Gift of Roy R. Neuberger, 1970.02.26
Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 35 1/2 inches
Collection Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College SUNY, Gift of Roy R. Neuberger, 1970.02.26
CR No. 723

Rolling green hills dotted with white and green trees fill the foreground of the composition. Behind the trees, a blue lake glows slightly white at its center, reflecting the moon above. The moon is just visible in a sliver of sky above tall blue and green mountains.

CR No. 723

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Lake George Early Moonrise

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Spring

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Alternate Title

Lake George by Early Moonrise

Source of title: Neuberger Museum of Art.

General Remarks

Double entries Downtown Gallery Archive. Not recorded Abiquiú Notebooks. Whitney Archive indicates, "Roy and Marie Neuberger Collection." Whitney Archive does not date. Downtown Gallery Archive dates c. 1925 and 1929. Dated 1930 on basis of verso inscription. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Lynes publication lists medium as 'Oil on canvas', Neuberger Museum of Art lists it as 'Oil and gouache on canvas'. (Source: Information provided for Access O'Keeffe by Neuberger Museum of Art, 2025)

Inscriptions

Verso: "Georgia O'Keeffe – 1930" (white paint) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(Alfred Stieglitz, New York, NY); Albert Duveen, New York, NY, date unknown; Roy and Marie Neuberger, New York, NY, 1953 (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 8/26/2026

Last verified by current collection Jan 06 2026

Source System ID

8767

Other IDs

723, Catalogue Raisonné