In 1938, the advertising agency N. W. Ayer & Son approached O'Keeffe about creating two paintings for the Hawaiian Pineapple Company (now Dole Food Company) to use in their advertising.
1938 beauftragte die Werbeagentur N. W. Ayer & Son O’Keeffe, zwei Gemälde für die Hawaiian Pineapple Company (heute Dole Food Company) anzufertigen.