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Georgia O'Keeffe
Black Place, I, 1944
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Black Place, I, 1944
Oil on canvas, 26 x 30 1/8 inches
CR No. 1080
Oil on canvas, 26 x 30 1/8 inches
CR No. 1080

Rolling gray and black hills, split at the center to form a valley, fill the composition.

CR No. 1080

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Black Place, I

Source of title: Whitney Archive.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Black Place – I

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Black Place I

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive. (Title used by SFMOMA.)

Black Place No. I

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946.. .. No signature." Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "On backing: 'Black Place I' 1944" [not verified]. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 11/11/2026

Source System ID

9438

Other IDs

1080, Catalogue Raisonné