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Oil on canvas, 16 x 22 inches
CR No. 1053
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The textured, rippling white form of an animal's pelvis bone arches diagonally across the canvas. Beyond the pelvis is an upside down view of Pedernal, deep blue and featureless against a pale blue sky.
CR No. 1053
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Pelvis with Pedernal
Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks, 1944 New York (An American Place) exhibition checklist.
General Remarks
Abiquiú Notebooks indicates, "Note: Bought in 1950." (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on canvas
1945–1946
1957
1993–1994
Hayward Gallery
Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes
Yokohama Museum of Art
1999–2000
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Dallas Museum of Art
The Phillips Collection
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
2014–2016
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Art Museum of South Texas
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
Tacoma Art Museum
2024–2025
San Diego Museum of Art
Albuquerque Museum
Musee Des Beaux-Arts Montreal
Museum of Fine Arts (MFA Boston)
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Version History
Core fields last updated 8/26/2026
Last verified by current collection
Source System ID
10359
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