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Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 35 1/2 inches
CR No. 723
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Collection Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College SUNY, Gift of Roy R. Neuberger, 1970.02.26
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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
1954–1955
UCLA, University of California
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Arts Club of Chicago
Norton Simon Museum
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
Saint Louis Art Museum
Cincinnati Art Museum
Phillips Memorial Gallery
1956–1957
Institute of Contemporary Art
Randolph College
1960–2019
2013–2014
Hyde Collection Art Museum
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
(Alfred Stieglitz, New York, NY); Albert Duveen, New York, NY, date unknown; Roy and Marie Neuberger, New York, NY, 1953 (Source: Lynes, 1999)
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Version History
Core fields last updated 8/26/2026
Last verified by current collection Jan 06 2026
Source System ID
8767
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