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Oil on canvas, 20 x 25 inches
CR No. 926
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Bequest of Hortense Henry Prosser, 1992.649
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Two large flowers with yellow-tipped, bright red petals and black-ringed red and green centers sit at the center of the work. The blooms resemble blanket flowers. Behind these, smooth reddish-brown hills rise in the distance.
CR No. 926
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Red Hills with Flowers
Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.
General Remarks
Whitney Archive indicates, "From Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, 1937. See gallery photograph." Received in exchange in 1963 for cat. no. 1314. Pictured in Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 68. (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Verso: Painted over image of trees (Source: Lynes, 1999)
No markings recto. Painting verso. Stamped verso, right-middle, on strainer, in purple ink: "2280"; inscribed verso, top-middle, on strainer, in graphite: "E"; stamped verso, bottom-middle, on strainer, in black ink: "25 BROOKLYN, N. Y.". Markings and labels on Masonite backing: Inscribed verso, top-middle, in graphite: "top [underlined]; marked verso, top-middle, in graphite: " "; inscribed verso, bottom-left, in white chalk: "981 [underlined] / 1". Label (rectangular, white) affixed verso, top-left, printed and typed in black ink: "FINE ARTS CONSERVATION LABORATORIES, INC. / 305 East 47th Street, New York 17, New York / PLaza 3-2090 — William J. Dobbin, Director / This painting has been treated at our laboratory / in October 1962. It has received a final / surfacing of Co-Polymer Iso and / N-Butyl Methacrylate. // A permanent record of its condition together with / materials and techniques used is preserved and is / available at any time. Kindly refer to our order / number 1953."; label (rectangular, white) affixed verso, top-left, printed in blue ink and typed in black ink: "ARTIST GEORGIA O'KEEFFE NO. 325 / TITLE RED HILLS WITH FLOWERS DATE 1937 / MEDIUM OIL SIZE 25X20 S.P. [abraded] // THE DOWNTOWN GALLERY • 32 E. 51st St., New York” / stamped, bottom-left, in black ink: "JUN 24 1963". Markings and labels on panel backing: Label (rectangular, white) affixed verso, top-left, printed in black ink: "THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO // ARTIST Georgia O'keeffe / TITLE: Red Hills with Flowers / MEDIUM: Oil on canvas / CREDIT: Bedquest of Hortense Henry Prosser / ACC.#: 1992.649"; label (rectangular, white) affixed verso, middle, printed in black ink: "Panel Insert / Installation Date" / inscribed in graphite: "9/13/16". No markings or labels frame verso. (Source: Art Institute of Chicago, 2025)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on canvas
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986), New York and NM, then Abiquiú, NM, from 1949; by exchange to Hortense Henry Prosser (1912–1992; born Hortense Henry; also Mrs. John Prosser), Lake Forest, IL, 1963 [Lynes 1999, vol. 1, 578, cat. 926; vol. 2, 825, cat. 1314]; through the Hortense Prosser Trust, Lake Forest, IL, 1992; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1992. (Source: Art Institute of Chicago, 2025)
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Version History
Core fields last updated 3/30/2026
Last verified by current collection Dec 10 2025
Source System ID
8892
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Conservation
Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.Published with corresponding artwork entry in Georgia O’Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné (Lynes, 1999), this historical conservation information documents treatment decisions made during the artist’s lifetime. Lynes quotes information found on backing labels, and, when noted, from other sources.
"October 1962 Co-polymer Iso and N-Butyl Methacrylate 1953" (Fine Arts Conservation Laboratories typed label).
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