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Oil on canvas, 36 1/8 x 48 1/4 inches
CR No. 1474
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Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
1997.5.14
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Large canvas of aerial view of the sky from above the cloud level. To the point of the horizon at 2/3 of the canvas the sky is vibrant blue dotted with islands of white clouds like icebergs in the sea. The top 1/3 is the pale horizon fading from salmon peach to grey-blue to the edge of the canvas.
CR No. 1474
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Above the Clouds I
Source of title: backing inscription 1.
Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Sky Above Clouds I
Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks, Whitney Archive in 1969.
Selected Exhibition Titles
Sky Above Clouds I
Inaugural Exhibition, 1997, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)
Sky Above Clouds I
An Expanding Collection, 1998, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)
General Remarks
Not recorded Downtown Gallery Archive. Whitney Archive in 1969 indicates, "Notes by L.B. of works seen in Abiquiú, 12/ 6/ 69. 'Sky Above White Clouds 2'. In Back Room, Abiquiú. Like #3 c. 28 x 38 x x. Not marked for ex." Backing inscription dates 1962? Abiquiú Notebooks dates 1963. (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Inscriptions: Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible Backing:
- "Above The Clouds I 62? (black ink)
- "Box 42 / on 4" (Doris Bry, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on canvas
2019–2022
2022–2023
2009–2010
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Phillips Collection
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
2010–2011
2008–2009
Portland Museum of Art (Maine)
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
2018–2019
2015–2016
1997–1998
1998–1999
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)
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)
Version History
Core fields last updated 1/ 15/2025
Last verified by current collection 2024
Source System ID
12345678
Other IDs
AS1027, Stieglitz NGA Key Set Number
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