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Georgia O'Keeffe
From the Plains II, 1954
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Georgia O'Keeffe
From the Plains II, 1954
Oil on canvas, 48 1/16 x 72 1/16 inches
CR No. 1274
Oil on canvas, 48 1/16 x 72 1/16 inches
CR No. 1274

A bright yellow, lightning bolt-like shape arches over an expanse of orange paint. Along the canvas' bottom edge is a strip of vibrant red paint. Another smaller lightning bolt of yellow zigzags near the bottom right corner of the work.

CR No. 1274

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

From the Plains II

Source of title: backing inscription, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

From The Plains, II

Source of title: Whitney Archive.

General Remarks

I could send one that is four feet by seven — it is that yellow streak you returned to me done over as a horizontal — the color much brighter [see cat. no. 1262] — and Im doing it again now four feet by six and the color is just plain color out of the tube — red and orange to lemon — It shocks me so that Im rather struck with it — I don't know what it will get to (O'Keeffe to Edith Halpert, 8 August 1954, Archive of American Art). "The second painting 'From the Plains' [cat. no. 1262] is at the Kecks. I sent it to have a rubbed place spotted and to have it sprayed" (O'Keeffe to Edith Halpert, 13 August 1958, Archive of American Art). (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Backing: "From the Plains 11 54 / Georgia O'Keeffe / Abiquiu, N.M." (graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

The Downtown Gallery (1926-1973), Nueva York. [Label on verso. As "nº 215"]
Susan y David Workman, Nueva York, 1961. Label on verso [Label on verso]
Kennedy Galleries, Inc. (1874), Nueva York. [Label on verso. As "stock nº. 20788-1]
Andrew Crispo Gallery, Nueva York. Label on verso [Label on verso]
Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano, 1977.
En préstamo en el Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 1992.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 1993.
(Source: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2026)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Last verified by current collection Mar 02 2026

Source System ID

9442

Other IDs

1274, Catalogue Raisonné