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Georgia O'Keeffe
Untitled (Abstraction), 1943
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR1051_untitled-abstraction_789946.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Untitled (Abstraction), 1943
Charcoal and white chalk on paper, 24 x 17 7/8 inches
CR No. 1051
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.177
Charcoal and white chalk on paper, 24 x 17 7/8 inches
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.177
CR No. 1051

This work appears to be an abstraction using a piece of bone. The bone is pierced by several holes. Two large holes fill the center of the work. The upper opening is divided into two sections. The top section has been filled with white chalk, while the bottom section has been shaded with dark charcoal. The lower large hole has been completely shaded with dark charcoal.

CR No. 1051

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Untitled (Abstraction)

Source of title: image.

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks. This drawing relates to cat. no. 1052. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Drawing

Materials

Charcoal and white chalk on paper

Extended Medium Description

Charcoal and white chalk on medium thick, beige, moderately textured wove paper, Manila paper
(Source: Paper Survey researched by Judith C. Walsh and published in Lynes, 1999.)

Maria Chabot, Alcalde, New Mexico, gift, 1944
(Doris Bry, New York, N.Y.)
The artist, purchase, 1974
Estate of the artist, 1986
Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation, 1993
Gift to Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 2006
(Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 2026)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/20/2026

Source System ID

1024

Other IDs

1051, Catalogue Raisonné