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Georgia O'Keeffe
Waterfall, No. 1, ʻĪao Valley, Maui, 1939
Courtesy of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR979_waterfall-no-1-iao-valley-maui_863345.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Waterfall, No. 1, ʻĪao Valley, Maui, 1939
Oil on canvas, 19 1/8 x 16 inches
CR No. 979
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; Gift of Art Today 76.7
Oil on canvas, 19 1/8 x 16 inches
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; Gift of Art Today 76.7
CR No. 979

A white waterfall cuts through a valley surrounded by tall green mountains. The mountains recede into the distance, obscured by white clouds and mist. Bits of blue sky can be seen between the clouds.

CR No. 979

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Waterfall, No. 1, ʻĪao Valley, Maui

Source of title: Whitney Archive.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Waterfall No. 1 – ʻĪao Valley – Maui

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Waterfall – No. 1 – ʻĪao Valley – Maui

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive. (Title used by Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.)

Waterfall #1, ʻĪao Valley, Maui

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Waterfall, ʻĪao Valley, Maui No. I

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. "Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, black ink) 2. "1939" (Doris Bry, black ink) 3. "14. Water Fall No. 1 – Iao Valley – Maui" (Label substitute: title cut from An American Place exhibition checklist) 4. Label: handwritten, "An American Place' / 509 Madison Ave —Room 1710 / (S.E. corner 53rd St) — New York"1 [twice] (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Backing lists number 16 instead of 14 as noted in Lynes, 199: 16. Water Fall No. 1 – Iao Valley – Maui" (AAP5) (Source: Information provided for Access O'Keeffe from Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 2025)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Georgia O'Keeffe, 1976 (sold through Doris Bry Gallery, New York, New York)
(Source: Memphis Brooks 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 Oct 06 2025

Source System ID

8929

Other IDs

979, 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).