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Georgia O'Keeffe
Sunflower, New Mexico II, 1935
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Sunflower, New Mexico II, 1935
Oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches
CR No. 868
Oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 868

Soft, bright yellow sunflower petals wilt slightly around the flower's textured green and brown center. Leaves spring from the thick, bright green stem that supports the bloom. A halo of blue paint surrounds the flower, radiating outward and fading to a lighter shade at the work's edges.

CR No. 868

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Sunflower, New Mexico II

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Sunflower New Mexico

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Sunflower, New Mexico, II

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Sunflower N.M. II

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Sunflower #2

Source of title: Downtown Gallery label.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Knight Pub. O'Keeffe 1937. Color Plate. No. 2 'Sunflower, New Mexico' 1935." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: "Sun Flower New Mexico. / Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: printed, An American Place, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY); Dr. Helen Boigon, New York, NY, 1955; (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 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

8852

Other IDs

868, Catalogue Raisonné