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Georgia O'Keeffe
Jimson Weed 3, 1931
Image: okeeffe_CR785_jimson-weed-3_713971.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Jimson Weed 3, 1931
Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
CR No. 785
Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 785

Surrounded by white petals, the center of a jimsonweed flower glows bright yellow. Another partially opened flower stands above the central bloom. Smooth green leaves with deep veins fill the background.

CR No. 785

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Jimson Weed 3

Source of title: backing inscription 1.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Datura Stramonium

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

The White Flower

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Jimson Weed #3

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Jimson Weed No. III

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive. Abiquiú Notebooks notes backing inscriptions 1, 2. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. "Jimson Weed 3 – 31" (graphite) 2. OK {5star} (graphite) 3. "Datura Stronmonium / 1932 / by Georgia O'Keeffe" (William Einstein, Label: stamped, "An American Place / Room 1710— 509 Madison Ave. / New York, — N.Y." (blue-bordered), black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(Robert Miller Gallery, Inc., New York, NY) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

8797

Other IDs

785, 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

"Co-polymer Iso and N-Butyl Methacrylate 2155" (Fine Arts Conservation Laboratories typed label).