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Hibiscus with Plumeria, 1939
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Hibiscus with Plumeria, 1939
Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
CR No. 968
Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
CR No. 968

A large, light pink hibiscus flower droops downward toward a cluster of yellow and white plumeria blooms. The soft flowers contrast with a bright blue background.

CR No. 968

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Hibiscus with Plumeria

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

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . On backing: Label with title as above" [not verified]. See cat. no. 1927. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

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

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(Doris Bry, New York, NY); Private collection, New York, NY, 1967; Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, 1980; Private collection, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1981; Yale University, New Haven Connecticut, 1993; Sotheby's, New York, NY, sale no. 6782, lot no. 83, 29 November 1995; Private Foundation, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1995; Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1997 (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

8921

Other IDs

968, Catalogue Raisonné