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Georgia O'Keeffe
Waterfall, No. III, ʻĪao Valley, 1939
Courtesy of Honolulu Museum of Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR981_waterfall-no-iii-iao-valley_858489.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Waterfall, No. III, ʻĪao Valley, 1939
Oil on canvas, 24 1/4 x 20 inches
CR No. 981
Gift of Susan Crawford Tracy, 1996 (8562.1)
Oil on canvas, 24 1/4 x 20 inches
Gift of Susan Crawford Tracy, 1996 (8562.1)
CR No. 981

A deep valley with a bright white waterfall running through it cuts between two tall green mountains. Mist hovers above the valley, obscuring the view beyond.

CR No. 981

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Waterfall, No. III, ʻĪao Valley

Source of title: Whitney Archive.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Waterfall – No. III – ʻĪao Valley

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

Waterfall, ʻĪao Valley No. III

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

Inscriptions

Backing: 1. "18. Water Fall – No. III – Iao Valley" (AAP5) 2. "1939 / by Georgia O'Keeffe" (DB, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Sold by Doris Bry Gallery of 11 East Seventy-Third St., NY, NY 10021 to Mrs. Verne (Miriam Ruth) Minich in the late 1950s; In possession of Miriam Ruth until her death in 1976; Willed to Miriam's great-nephew, Jonathan Grau of Saginaw, Michigan. Moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan; Sold by De Graaf Forsyth Galleries for Mr. Grau to Wilma Steketee of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1979; Consigned to Parke Bernet, NY, for American Painting Auction, Oct. 1979
(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

8931

Other IDs

981, 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).