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Georgia O'Keeffe
Red Amaryllis, 1937
Courtesy of Terra Foundation for American Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR921_red-amaryllis_862388.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Red Amaryllis, 1937
Oil on canvas, 11 7/8 x 10 inches
CR No. 921
Terra Foundation for American Art, Gift of Mrs. Henrietta Roig
Oil on canvas, 11 7/8 x 10 inches
Terra Foundation for American Art, Gift of Mrs. Henrietta Roig
CR No. 921

The supple, bright red petals of an amaryllis flower fill the frame. A single bright green leaf pokes into the top of the composition. The plant contrasts with a bright yellow background.

CR No. 921

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Red Amaryllis

Source of title: stretcher inscription 1, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks, 1937–38 New York (An American Place) exhibition checklist.

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive. Downtown Gallery Archive dates 1930. Abiquiú Notebooks dates 1937. Dated 1937 on basis of inclusion in 1937–38 exhibition. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: 1. "Red Amarillis – 37" (graphite) 2. OK {circle} (graphite) 3. "O'Keeffe #2" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite) 4. "Top" (unidentified hand, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

The artist
The Downtown Gallery, New York, New York
The Mayo Hill Galleries, Inc., Delray Beach, Florida
Mrs. Henrietta Roig, Winnetka, Illinois, 1953
Terra Foundation for the Arts Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1984 (gift of Mrs. Henrietta Roig, Winnetka, Illinois)
(Source: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/5/2026

Last verified by current collection Sep 16 2025

Source System ID

8888

Other IDs

921, Catalogue Raisonné