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Georgia O'Keeffe
Blue Morning Glory, 1935–1936
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Blue Morning Glory, 1935–1936
Oil on canvas, 12 x 10 inches
CR No. 874
Oil on canvas, 12 x 10 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 874

A blue morning glory with a yellow center sits in a reflective, circular vase. The vase rests on a gray surface against a white background.

CR No. 874

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Blue Morning Glory

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks, backing inscription, 1937 exhibition checklist.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Blue Morning-Glory

Source of title: Whitney Archive.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . No signature. On backing: In pencil, by O'Keeffe, 'Blue Morning Glory 36'" [not verified]. Abiquiú Notebooks indicates, "Back: O'Keeffe initials and star" [not verified]. Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks, backing inscription date 1936. Dated 1935/1936 on basis of Stieglitz–O'Keeffe correspondence. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: "'Blue Morning Glory' – 1936 / by Georgia O'Keeffe / (oil) / An American Place / Room 1710 / 509 Madison Ave. / N.Y.C." (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: handwritten, "An American Place / Room 1710 / 509 Madison Ave. / N.Y.C., " Alfred Stieglitz, black ink (blue-bordered), black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY); Private collection, New York, NY, 1956; Sotheby's, New York, NY, sale no. 6247, lot no. 86, 5 December 1991 (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

8855

Other IDs

874, Catalogue Raisonné