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Georgia O'Keeffe
Nude Series, VIII, 1917
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR182_nude-series-viii_789937.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Nude Series, VIII, 1917
Watercolor on paper, 18 x 13 1/2 inches
CR No. 182
Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1997.4.11
Watercolor on paper, 18 x 13 1/2 inches
Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1997.4.11
CR No. 182

Vertical watercolor on blue female nude, seated frontal view with legs crossed at the knees. Arm on the left opens out and down, while arm on the right is up and bent in at the elbow to touch the head. No background color.

CR No. 182

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Nude Series, VIII

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Nude Series VIII

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive. Pictured in 1923 New York (Anderson) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 22. See cat. no 176. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Watercolor

Materials

Watercolor on paper

Extended Medium Description

Watercolor on medium thick, cream, slightly textured laid paper, Japanese paper
(Source: Paper Survey researched by Judith C. Walsh and published in Lynes, 1999.)

Estate of the artist, 1986
The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, Abiquiu, N.Mex., 1993
The Burnett Foundation, Fort Worth, Tex., 1996 (partial share)
Gift to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 1997
(Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 2026)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 4/16/2026

Source System ID

25

Other IDs

182, Catalogue Raisonné