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Pineapple Bud, 1939
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Pineapple Bud, 1939
Oil on canvas, 19 x 16 inches
CR No. 965
Oil on canvas, 19 x 16 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 965

Large green leaves extend outward from a textured red and green bud at the center of a pineapple plant. Between the leaves, an orangish brown background is visible.

CR No. 965

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Pineapple Bud

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks, 1940 New York (An American Place–O'Keeffe) exhibition checklist.

General Remarks

Abiquiú Notebooks indicates, "Sold to Hawaiian Pineapple Co. painted 1939." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

The Dole Pineapple Company, New York, NY, by commission, 1940; (Doris Bry, New York, NY); Bill Dean, New York, NY, 1980; ACA Galleries, New York, NY, 1980; (John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California); Christie's, New York, NY, sale no. 5906, lot no. 314, 31 May 1985, no sale (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 4/22/2026

Source System ID

8919

Other IDs

965, Catalogue Raisonné