Evening Star No. III
Georgia O'Keeffe
American, 1887–1986
1917
A small, luminous watercolor on paper in which O'Keeffe reduces a glowing celestial motif and horizontal bands to sensuous, simplified color forms, seeking to convey the essence of an evening star rather than a literal scene.
A radiant yellow disc at the top left unravels through concentric oranges into a curling red ribbon that sits above two saturated, watery blue-green bands, the pigments bleeding softly into a spare cream background.
Created during O'Keeffe’s formative years, this sheet shows her move toward pure abstraction—using bold, simplified color areas and the immediacy of watercolor to translate landscape and feeling into a distinctly modern American idiom.
Medium
Watercolor on paper mounted on board
Dimensions
8 7/8 x 11 7/8" (22.7 x 30.4 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Straus Fund
Accession
91.1958
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