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Georgia O'Keeffe
Pelvis Series, Red with Yellow, 1945
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Pelvis Series, Red with Yellow, 1945
Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches
CR No. 1106
Extended Loan, Private Collection
L.1997.3.4
Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches
Extended Loan, Private Collection
L.1997.3.4
CR No. 1106

Large horizontal canvas of magnified pelvic bone in reddish orange. Emphasis is on the oval hole in the pelvis, the empty space of which fills the majority of the canvas in yellow.

CR No. 1106

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Pelvis Series, Red with Yellow

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Pelvis Series – Red With Yellow

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. .. . No signature." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions
  1. " . . .by Georgia O'Keeffe" (black ink) PELVIS SERIES — RED WITH YELLOW
  2. "#8 — 'Pelvis Series—Red with Yellow' by Georgia O'Keeffe" 1945 (Andrew Droth, Label: printed, An American Place, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Private collection, purchase, 1960s Descended in family (Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/18/2026

Source System ID

102

Other IDs

1106, Catalogue Raisonné