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Georgia O'Keeffe
Dark & Lavender Leaves, 1931
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Dark & Lavender Leaves, 1931
Oil on canvas, 20 1/8 x 16 3/4 inches
CR No. 787
Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of the Georgia O’Keeffe Estate, 1993 (1993.51.3)
Oil on canvas, 20 1/8 x 16 3/4 inches
Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of the Georgia O’Keeffe Estate, 1993 (1993.51.3)
CR No. 787

A deep brown leaf shaped like an upside-down heart sits against a plain white background. At the center of the leaf sits a much smaller, pale purple one with dark brown veins.

CR No. 787

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Dark & Lavender Leaves

Source of title: backing inscriptions 1, 3. Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, April 1946" [notes backing inscriptions 1, 2].

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Autumn Leaf

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Dark and Lavender Leaf

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Selected Exhibition Titles

Large Dark Red Leaves on White
Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things, 1999, The Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.)

General Remarks

Abiquiú Notebooks notes 1931 date on backing inscription 3. Backing inscriptions 1 and 3 date 1931. Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks date 1932. Dated 1931 on basis of backing inscriptions. The once held another work that was primed or painted on 13 January 1920. Pictured in 1933 New York (An American Place) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 55. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: 1. "Jan. 13 – 20" (unidentified hand, graphite) 2. "Stieglitz" (George Of, graphite) 3. "21" (unidentified hand, graphite). Backing: 1. "Dark & Lavender Leaves – 31" (graphite) 2. OK {5star} (graphite) 3. "Dark & Lavender Leaves – 1931 / Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: printed, An American Place, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Estate of the artist, 1986
(Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© New Mexico Museum of Art

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/5/2026

Last verified by current collection Sep 22 2025

Source System ID

8799

Other IDs

787, Catalogue Raisonné

Conservation

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

Information provided for Access O'Keeffe by New Mexico Museum of Art in 2025.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

Surface: Along the left edge of the painting are intermittent areas of soiling. At the upper and lower left corners and bottom right edge are minor abrasions and loss. At the upper right edge is a white accretion. There are scattered minor areas of loss and abrasions at the upper right near the corner. At the upper right near the outer edge of the leaf are scattered minor black accretions and at the lower left near the bottom edge of the leaf are scattered minor brown accretions. There is a minor hairline crack in the surface at the center. At the upper left near the outer edge of the leaf is a large section of intermittent soiling and two minor areas of blind cleavage.

Frame: The frame is in excellent condition with no damage.

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 Lucite 46 dissolved in xylene and benzine by Felrath Hines, 121 W 88th NYC March 1967" (typed label).