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Georgia O'Keeffe
Series I White & Blue Flower Shapes, 1919
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Series I White & Blue Flower Shapes, 1919
Oil on composition wood board, 19 7/8 x 15 3/4 inches
CR No. 292
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.87
Oil on composition wood board, 19 7/8 x 15 3/4 inches
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.87
CR No. 292

A floral form occupies much of this painting. It is situated in front of a reddish background. The lower portion of the flower is rounded and largely white in color. It has a small spot of pink in the center. The upper portion of the flower is made up of curving layers in shades of blue and green. It has a tear-shaped spot of black in its center.

CR No. 292

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Series I White & Blue Flower Shapes

Source of title: backing inscription.

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Verso: #3 ' III / 9 3/4 2363 final white / Glass & set" [drawing of frame] (George Of, graphite) Backing: "Series I 1919/ White & blue Flower Shapes / Georgia O'Keeffe / #10" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on composition wood board

Estate of the artist, 1986
Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation, 1993
Gift to Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 2006
(Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 2026)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/5/2026

Source System ID

994

Other IDs

292, Catalogue Raisonné