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Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
CR No. 1075
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Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley M1973.609
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CR No. 1075
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Pelvis I
Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.
Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Pelvis – I
Selected Exhibition Titles
Pelvis with Blue (Pelvis I)
Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things, 1999, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)
Pelvis with Blue (Pelvis I)
Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things, 1999, The Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.)
General Remarks
Whitney Archive indicates, "Painted 1944." (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Titled on verso, on cardboard backing in O'Keeffe's handwriting: Pelvis with Blue (Source: MAM, 2025)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on canvas
1998
1999–2000
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Dallas Museum of Art
The Phillips Collection
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
2007–2008
Norton Museum of Art
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2009–2010
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Phillips Collection
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
2016–2017
[1] Through at least January 22, 1945, the artist [1887–1986] (Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA). [2] (Doris Bry, New York, New York, USA). [3] December 26, 1972, purchased from the artist [1887–1986] (USA) by Mrs. Harry Lynde (Margaret, or Peg, Blakney Sullivan) Bradley [1894–1978] (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA); [4] December 6/December 31, 1973, purchased by her daughter, Jane Bradley Pettit; [5] December 6/December 31, 1973, gift to Milwaukee Art Center (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)
NOTES:
[1] An American Place, Georgia O'Keeffe: Paintings, 1944 (New York: An American Place, 1945), cat. 4.
[2] Barbara Buhler Lynes, Georgia O'Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné. Vol. 2 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999), p. 677, cat. 1075.
[3], [4], [5] Documentation found in the MAM object file, including purchase agreement and invoice addressed to Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley, signed by Peg on January 2, 1973 and marked paid by “MBB” on December 6, 1973. Report from The Bradley Family Foundation records that Peg’s daughter, Jane Bradley Pettit, purchased the painting in December 1973 before it was given to the Museum. See also Agreement between Milwaukee Art Center, Peg Bradley, and Jane Bradley Pettit, December 30, 1977. Gerald Nordland, 1977–1984, Box 4, Folder 01a. Museum Administration 02-ADM. Milwaukee Art Museum—Institutional Archives. See also Barbara Buhler Lynes, Georgia O'Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné. Vol. 2 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999), p. 677, cat. 1075. Jane Bradley owned the artwork at the time of the gift. Periodically, Peg would purchase an artwork and then sell it to Jane; this is known to also have happened with Kees van Dongen's "The Quai, Venice" (M1973.610).
(Source: MAM, 2025)
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Version History
Core fields last updated 6/10/2026
Last verified by current collection Dec 15 2025
Source System ID
10147
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