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Georgia O'Keeffe
3 Zinnias, 1921
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR353_3-zinnias_786501.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
3 Zinnias, 1921
Oil on canvas, 6 x 8 inches
CR No. 353
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.93
Oil on canvas, 6 x 8 inches
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.93
CR No. 353

This small painting is comprised of three zinnias in front of a gray-blue background. The zinnia on the left is a soft pink color, and it has a yellow center. The middle flower is white and also has a yellow center. The zinnia on the right is a darker pink around its edges with lighter pink highlights. Its center is not visible.

CR No. 353

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

3 Zinnias

Source of title: backing inscription 2, Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks indicate, "Exam at Amer. Place, March 1946" [note of backing inscriptions 1, 3 but without *]. Backing inscription dates 1920? Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive date 1920. Abiquiú Notebooks dates c. 1920. Stretcher inscription 2 dates 1921 and indicates no 39 in 1923 New York (Anderson exhibition. Stretcher inscription 1 may indicate preparatory work. Pictured in 1923 New York (Anderson) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix, figure 15. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Stretcher:

  1. "Sept -- 218 - 20 / flake & turpentine" (graphite)
  2. "39 / 1921" (Alfred Stieglitz, graphite)
  3. "St 6 1/4 x 8 3/16" (George Of, graphite) (in cat. rais. dim. has line through middle of text)
  4. "K--41" (unidentified hand, graphite) [twice] Backing:
  5. "Georgia O'Keeffe --" (black ink, obscured by label)
  6. "3 Zinnias / 1920?" (graphite)
  7. OK {5star} (graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Estate of the artist, 1986 (Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

998

Other IDs

353, Catalogue Raisonné