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Georgia O'Keeffe
Two Jimson Weeds with Green Leaves and Blue Sky, 1938
Image has not been color proofed to current standards, and its colors may differ from the original work. The Museum will replace it when new photography becomes available.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Two Jimson Weeds with Green Leaves and Blue Sky, 1938
Oil on canvas, 48 x 40 inches
CR No. 949
Oil on canvas, 48 x 40 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 949

Two white jimsonweed flowers with yellow centers occupy the work's lower right and upper left corners. Dark green leaves with bright, yellowish-green veins frame the blooms. A softly shaded blue background fills the composition's negative space.

CR No. 949

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Two Jimson Weeds with Green Leaves and Blue Sky

Source of title: label printed by O'Keeffe (white).

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks. Received in exchange for cat. nos. 556, 865. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: "Georgia O'Keeffe" (black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(Doris Bry, New York, NY); Harold Diamond, New York, NY, 1977; Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1977; Private collection, 1977; (Helene Wasserman Fine Art, New York, NY); Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York, NY, and Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1986 (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 11/11/2026

Source System ID

8906

Other IDs

949, Catalogue Raisonné