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Georgia O'Keeffe
White Barn, Red Doors, 1932
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Georgia O'Keeffe
White Barn, Red Doors, 1932
Oil on canvas, 16 1/4 x 40 inches
CR No. 806
Oil on canvas, 16 1/4 x 40 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 806

A white barn with four red doors, two large and two small, stands on a strip of green earth. The barn has a pitched black roof. A clouded gray sky looms overhead.

CR No. 806

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

White Barn, Red Doors

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

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Canadian Barn with Red Doors

Source of title: Whitney Archive (American Art Research Council Questionnaires).

Barn No. 1

Source of title: Whitney Archive (American Art Research Council Questionnaires).

White Barn – Red Doors

Source of title: Whitney Archive (American Art Research Council Questionnaires).

General Remarks

Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "In O'Keeffe exhibit at An American Place, Jan.–Feb. 1933, but not listed in catalogue. Painted 1932." Pictured in 1933 New York (An American Place) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 53; this picture is no. 3 on the checklist and no. 3 on the walls. See also cat. nos. 805, 807–9. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: Inaccessible. Verso: Inaccessible. Backing: 1. OK {5star} (graphite) {twice} 2. "Canadian Barn with Red Doors / 1932" (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: handwritten, "An American Place' / 509 Madison Avenue / New York — N.Y. / Georgia O'Keeffe" [partial], black ink) 3. Label: handwritten, "An American Place' / 509 Madison Ave —Room 1710 / (S.E. corner 53rd St) — New York"1 (Label: handwritten, "An American Place' / 509 Madison Avenue / New York — N.Y. / Georgia O'Keeffe" [partial]) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(An American Place, New York, NY) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 4/22/2026

Source System ID

8810

Other IDs

806, Catalogue Raisonné