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Georgia O'Keeffe
Hollyhock White with Pedernal, 1937
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Hollyhock White with Pedernal, 1937
Oil on canvas, 16 x 30 inches
CR No. 923
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
Oil on canvas, 16 x 30 inches
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
CR No. 923

The softly rendered petals of a white hollyhock frame its green center. The flower floats over a landscape featuring Pedernal, painted blue beneath a white sky.

CR No. 923

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Hollyhock White with Pedernal

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

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Pedernal – Green & White Flower

Pedernal & Green & White Flower

Alternate Title

Hollyhock White and Green with Pedernal

Source of title: National Museum of Modern Art, Toyko.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, April 1946 [notes inscription 2]. See gallery photograph." Pictured in Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 65. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. Pedernal – Green & White Flower / by Georgia O'Keeffe 1939" (Andrew Droth, Label: printed, An American Place, black ink) 2. "Pedernal & Green & White Flower / 1937" (Andrew Droth, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Estate of the artist, 1986; The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation, Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1993
(Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 11/11/2026

Last verified by current collection Sep 08 2025

Source System ID

8890

Other IDs

923, Catalogue Raisonné