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Georgia O'Keeffe
It Was Yellow and Pink II, 1959
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Georgia O'Keeffe
It Was Yellow and Pink II, 1959
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
CR No. 1355
Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe 1987.137
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe 1987.137
CR No. 1355

Twisting, ribbon-like pink forms spread out across a plain yellow composition like branches of a river, seen from above, twisting through a bare landscape.

CR No. 1355

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

It Was Yellow and Pink II

Source of title: backing inscription, Abiquiú Notebooks, Whitney Archive in 1969.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

It Was Yellow & Pink

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive in 1969 indicates, "Seen in N.Y. warehouse Georgia O'Keeffe coll. 3/23/70. Notes made." Titled It Was Yellow and Pink II by O'Keeffe on Abiquiú Notebooks photograph. See cat. no. 1960. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: "Fall 58" (cardboard stretcher brace, graphite) Backing: "It Was Yellow and Pink II / 1960 {crossed out} 1959 (crossing out and '1959' by Doris Bry, Label: printed, O'Keeffe (red-bordered), black ink) / Oil / 36 x 30 / canvas"(Label: printed, O'Keeffe (red-bordered), black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Estate of the artist, 1986 (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Last verified by current collection Nov 12 2025

Source System ID

9447

Other IDs

1355, Catalogue Raisonné