Georgia O'Keeffe's 1939 painting commissioned by the Hawaiian Pineapple Company was titled Pineapple Bud.
The Hawaiian Pineapple Company, later associated with the Dole brand, invited O'Keeffe to Hawaii in 1939. The company hoped she would create images that could be used in advertising. During her visit, she painted tropical plants, flowers, and landscapes, producing a body of work that differed from her familiar New Mexico subjects.
Pineapple Bud is one of the works connected with that commission. O'Keeffe initially painted other Hawaiian subjects before completing the requested pineapple image, and the episode shows how commercial commissions could intersect with an established fine-art career.
The Hawaiian paintings are sometimes reduced to a generic tropical series, but individual titles matter. Pineapple Bud is not the same work as Pineapple Blossom or one of her flower paintings from New Mexico.