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Georgia O'Keeffe
Waterfall End of Road 'ʻĪao Valley, 1939
Courtesy of Honolulu Museum of Art.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Waterfall End of Road 'ʻĪao Valley, 1939
Oil on canvas, 19 x 16 inches
CR No. 978
Purchase, Allerton, Prisanlee and General Acquisition Funds and with a gift from The Honolulu  ^ ^Advertiser, 1989 (5808.1)
Oil on canvas, 19 x 16 inches
Purchase, Allerton, Prisanlee and General Acquisition Funds and with a gift from The Honolulu  ^ ^Advertiser, 1989 (5808.1)
CR No. 978

A vast, green mountain peak dominates the composition. Cutting through the mountain's textured surface are two thin, white waterfalls. Purplish-black rocks appear from beneath the greenery. White clouds hang overhead.

CR No. 978

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Waterfall End of Road 'ʻĪao Valley

Source of title: Whitney Archive.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Waterfall End of Road – ʻĪao Valley – Hawai‘i

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

Waterfall – End of Road – ʻĪao Valley

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks. (Title used by Honolulu Museum of Art.)

Waterfall, End of Road, ʻĪao Valley

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

Inscriptions

Stretcher: "#7 / S. Halpern" (graphite, unidentified hand). Backing: "Waterfall – End of Road – Iao Valley – Hawaii 1939 / (oil) by Georgia O'Keeffe –" (AS, AAP2, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

[Doris Bry, New York]


[Harold Diamond, Inc., New York, to 1972]


[B.C. Holland, Chicago, 1972‑1973]


Herbert Palmer, Los Angeles, 1973‑1974


Clare Boothe Luce, Honolulu, 1974‑1983


[Howard Beilin, Inc., New York, 1983]


[Salander‑O'Reilly Galleries, New York, c. 1983‑ c. 1984]


[Coe Kerr Gallery Inc., New York, by 1984‑1987]  

[Christie's, New York (sale no. 6402, "Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture of the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries," lot 289A, p. 274, repr. p. 275), 29 Ma7 1987, bought in]
Millicent Rogers Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico, 1987‑1989 (received as gift for purposes of sale)
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, 1989
(Source: Honolulu Museum of Art, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 8/26/2026

Last verified by current collection Sep 03 2025

Source System ID

8928

Other IDs

978, 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 with butyl methacrylate polymer, March, 1948, by Keck" (Keck typed label).