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Georgia O'Keeffe
Pedernal, 1941–1942
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR1029_pedernal_789831.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Pedernal, 1941–1942
Oil on canvas, 20 1/8 x 30 1/4 inches
CR No. 1029
Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1997.5.12
Oil on canvas, 20 1/8 x 30 1/4 inches
Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1997.5.12
CR No. 1029

Colorful painting of the Pedernal mountain in blue, centered in the upper middle of the canvas. The brown land of the foreground is covered with bushes and trees of green, yellow and red, painted with a sense of space and depth receding towards the mountain in the distance.

CR No. 1029

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Pedernal

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks, Downtown Gallery Archive.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

The Pedernal

Source of title: label printed by O'Keeffe (white).

Pedernal, Blue and Yellow

Source of title: label printed by O'Keeffe (white).

General Remarks

Not recorded Whitney Archive. Downtown Gallery Archive dates 1941. Abiquiú Notebooks dates 1941. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

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

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

42

Other IDs

1029, Catalogue Raisonné