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Georgia O'Keeffe
Pelvis I, 1944
Couresty of Milwaukee Art Museum.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Pelvis I, 1944
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
CR No. 1075
Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley M1973.609
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches
Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley M1973.609
CR No. 1075

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

[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)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 6/10/2026

Last verified by current collection Dec 15 2025

Source System ID

10147

Other IDs

1075, Catalogue Raisonné