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Georgia O'Keeffe
No. 24 – Special/No. 24, 1916–1917
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR166_no-24-special-no-24_789836.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
No. 24 – Special/No. 24, 1916–1917
Oil on canvas, 18 1/4 x 24 inches
CR No. 166
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.62
Oil on canvas, 18 1/4 x 24 inches
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.62
CR No. 166

Two black stripes run along the top edge of the work and angle slightly toward the upper right corner. The lower stripe intersects two wavy, vertical stripes along the right edge of the painting. A large rounded form emerges from the lower left corner and fills much of the rectangle formed by these thick stripes. The rounded form is lighter in color near the center of the painting; however, the color darkens closer to the shape's edges. The dark-colored forms in this image have been placed in front of a lighter-colored, grayish background. This artwork has Untitled (Abstraction/New York), 1916 (cat. no. 65) on the back.

CR No. 166

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

No. 24 – Special/No. 24

Source of title: backing 1, inscription 1, and backing 2 inscription.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Special No. 24

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive. Abiquiú Notebooks indicates, "Destroyed." Backing inscriptions and Abiquiú Notebooks date 1916. Completed after August move to Texas. Pictured in 1917 New York (291) Stieglitz installation photograph. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Stretcher: "Geo Of/ Stieglitz" (George Of, graphite) Verso: another work, see cat. no 65 Backing 1:

  1. "From [Second] Exhibition 291/no 24 - 1916 Special" (graphite)
  2. OK {5star} (graphite) Backing 2: "From 2nd. Exhibition at 291 - 1916/ No. 24 -- 1916 (black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Estate of the artist, 1986
Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation, 1993
Gift to Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 2006
(Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 7/22/2026

Source System ID

989

Other IDs

166, Catalogue Raisonné

Conservation

Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.
REPORT NOTES

Published with corresponding artwork entry in Georgia O’Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné (Lynes, 1999), this historical conservation information documents treatment decisions made during the artist’s lifetime. Lynes quotes information found on backing labels, and, when noted, from other sources.

CONDITION NARRATIVE

"Painting sprayed with synthetic (PVA) varnish C.K. Keck 3/3/69" (white label, backing 2, black ink).