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Georgia O'Keeffe
Grey Hills Painted Red, 1930
Courtesy of Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Grey Hills Painted Red, 1930
Oil on canvas, 20 x 36 inches
CR No. 729
Anonymous Gift
Oil on canvas, 20 x 36 inches
Anonymous Gift
CR No. 729

Two sloping hills stand on either side of the composition, creating a U-shaped gap through which another, taller hill is visible. All three are dotted with dark green bushes. Flat land runs below the hills. Above this red and brown landscape, white clouds sweep across a pale blue sky.

CR No. 729

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Grey Hills Painted Red

Source of title: backing inscription 1.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Grey Hills Painted Red, New Mexico

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks. (Title used by Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg.)

Green Hills Painted Red

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Verso: "1930" (white paint). Backing: 1. "Grey Hills Painted Red – 30" (graphite) 2. OK {squares} (graphite) 3. "Georgia O'Keeffe / Grey Hills Painted Red, New Mexico / 1930" (William Einstein, Label: handwritten, "An American Place' / 509 Madison Ave —Room 1710 / (S.E. corner 53rd St) — New York", black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(An American Place, New York, NY, 1930). (With The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY, as “Green Hills Painted Red”). Private collection, Brockton, MA, by 1950. (Sale: Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, New York, NY, December 13, 1973, lot. 21). (Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY, by 1973, no. AC74-06). Gilbert H. [1931–2021] and Ann Kinney, Washington, DC, by 1974. (Barbara Divver, New York, NY, by 1984). Graham [1940–2025] and Ann Gund, Cambridge, MA, by 1985. (With Richard York Gallery, New York, NY). (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY, by 1985, no. 11909D); probably sold to private collection, Winnetka, IL then St. Petersburg, FL, 1985; given to the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL, May 5, 2010.
(Source: Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 10/29/2026

Last verified by current collection Sep 11 2025

Source System ID

8772

Other IDs

729, Catalogue Raisonné

Conservation

Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.
REPORT NOTES

Published with corresponding artwork entry in Georgia O’Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné (Lynes, 1999), this historical conservation information documents treatment decisions made during the artist’s lifetime. Lynes quotes information found on backing labels, and, when noted, from other sources.

CONDITION NARRATIVE

"Sprayed with butyl methacrylate polymer June 1947 by Keck" (Keck typed label, date and "by Keck," black ink)