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Oil on board, 11 x 16 1/8 inches
CR No. 994
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Collection of the Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida. Gift of the Dorothy Meigs Eidlitz Foundation (69.1.1)
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The white petals of a datura flower bloom to reveal its green center. The datura hovers at the center of the composition. Behind the flower, craggy red and orange hills stretch out across the bottom three quarters of the canvas. In the distance, Pedernal, painted in shades of blue, rises above the hills. A thin strip of blue sky hangs over the scene.
CR No. 994
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Datura and Pedernal
Source of title: backing inscription.
Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Jimson Weed, Pink Hills, Pedernal
Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.
Datura and Pedernal – Summer
Source of title: Downtown Gallery label.
General Remarks
Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . No sig" [notes backing inscription]. Abiquiú Notebooks indicates, "Back: 'Ditura and Pedernal Summer' 1940." Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977 indicates, "Sold by Halpert, Nov. 1951." (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. "Georgia O'Keeffe / Summer 1940 / Datura and Pedernal /" (black ink) 2. {6star} (black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on board
2008–2009
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Norton Museum of Art
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
2014–2016
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Art Museum of South Texas
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
Tacoma Art Museum
- Halpert Downtown Gallery, NYC
- Dorothy Meigs Eidlitz, Nov. 1951
- Dorothy Meigs Eidlitz Foundation
- Loch Haven Art Center (now Orlando Museum of Art), April 1969
(Source: Orlando Museum of Art, 2025)
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Version History
Core fields last updated 7/22/2026
Last verified by current collection Sep 08 2025
Source System ID
8941
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Conservation
Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.Information provided for Access O'Keeffe by Orlando Museum of Art in 2025.
Support: Wood panel. Panel support is relatively flat and there does not appear to be any cracks Surface Coating: The oil paint is securely attached to the underlying priming layer. There are no areas of flaking or cleaving paint. Minor surface grime can be found around the edges and in the background. Framing, Backing and Hanging Hardware: Outer frame (2003) is gray painted wood, now in fair condition. The metal strip frame was conserved in 2008 to secure screws for travel.
2008‑treatment performed by paintings conservator, Stephanie Conforti. Minor work was performed on the frame to make it suitable for travel.
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