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Georgia O'Keeffe
Bella Donna with Pink Torch Ginger Bud, 1939
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Bella Donna with Pink Torch Ginger Bud, 1939
Oil on canvas, 19 x 16 inches
CR No. 967
Oil on canvas, 19 x 16 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 967

A delicate white flower occupies the center of this minimalist composition. To the right of and behind the white flower is a torch ginger bud that glows pink and green. The blooms stand out against a blue sea with a bluish-white sky above.

CR No. 967

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Bella Donna with Pink Torch Ginger Bud

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Bella & Donna – with Pink Torch Ginger Bud

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Bella Donna – with Pink Torch Ginger Bud

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

General Remarks

Double entries Downtown Gallery Archive. Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946" [notes backing inscription 1]. Backing inscription dates 1935. Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks date 1939. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Backing: 1. "4. Bella Donna – with Pink Torch Ginger Bud" (Label substitute: title cut from An American Place exhibition checklist) 2. "by Georgia O'Keeffe / 1935." (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: printed, An American Place exhibition, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(Doris Bry, New York, NY) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 8/26/2026

Source System ID

8920

Other IDs

967, Catalogue Raisonné

Conservation

Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.
REPORT NOTES

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.

CONDITION NARRATIVE

"Sprayed butyl methacrylate polymer, March 1948, By Keck" (Keck typed label).