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Georgia O'Keeffe
Yellow Calla, 1927
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Yellow Calla, 1927
Oil on canvas, 42 x 16 inches
CR No. 584
L.2017.1.1
Oil on canvas, 42 x 16 inches
Collection:Private Collection
L.2017.1.1
CR No. 584

Two yellow calla lilies with long green stems and rippling leaves extend from the bottom to the top of this narrow composition. These sit on layers of crinkled white paper or fabric.

CR No. 584

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Yellow Calla

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Yellow Calla Green Leaves

Yellow Calla Lily

Yellow Calla With Green Leaves

Lily – Yellow No. 1

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, April 1946" [notes backing inscription 2, but attributes it to O'Keeffe]. Abiquiú Notebooks indicates, "Note: Yellow calla with green leaves." Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977 indicates, "Sold by Bry, 1973." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible Backing:

  1. OK [partially obscured by labels] (graphite)
  2. "Yellow Calla / Green Leaves / 1927 by Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, black crayon)
  3. "Yellow Calla Lily 1927 / by Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: handwritten, "An American Place' / 509 Madison Ave —Room 1710 / (S.E. corner 53rd St) — New York", black ink)
  4. "Yellow Calla Lily / with Green Leaves 1927 / by Georgia O'Keeffe" (William Einstein, Label: stamped, "An American Place / Room 1710— 509 Madison Ave. / New York, — N.Y." (blue-bordered), black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

9000

Other IDs

584, Catalogue Raisonné