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Georgia O'Keeffe
Blue Morning-Glories, New Mexico, 1935
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Blue Morning-Glories, New Mexico, 1935
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
CR No. 862
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 862

A blue morning glory with purple veins and a white center blooms at the bottom of the image. Above the flower, another morning glory with pink petals glows white at its center. Framing the blooms is a softly shaded, green and white background.

CR No. 862

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Blue Morning-Glories, New Mexico

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Lavender & Blue Morning Glories

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Blue Morning Glories, New Mexico, II

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Blue Morning Glories, N. M.

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . No signature. Blue and pink morning–glories." Abiquiú Notebooks notes inscription 2 with 1936 date. Dated 1935 on basis of backing inscription 2 and Stieglitz–O'Keeffe correspondence. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. OK {6star} (graphite) 2. "Lavender & Blue Morning Glories / 1936 [1936 {crossed out} 1935 (Label: stamped, "An American Place / Room 1710— 509 Madison Ave. / New York, — N.Y." (blue-bordered), black ink)] / 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

(Doris Bry, New York, NY); Private collection, New York, NY, 1968; Private collection, New York, NY, gift, 1968; (William Zierler, 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

8846

Other IDs

862, Catalogue Raisonné