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Georgia O'Keeffe
Pelvis IV, 1944
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR1078_pelvis-iv_786526.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Pelvis IV, 1944
Oil on Masonite (fiberboard), 36 1/16 x 40 3/8 inches
CR No. 1078
Gift of The Burnett Foundation
1997.6.1
Oil on Masonite (fiberboard), 36 1/16 x 40 3/8 inches
Gift of The Burnett Foundation
1997.6.1
CR No. 1078

Extreme close-up view of the socket of a pelvic bone - the white of the bone filling to three corners of the canvas. Through the hole, centered in the middle, is seen a blue sky with a pale and transparent almost full moon in the upper left of the opening. A sliver of blue is also in the lower right corner where the bone curves in.

CR No. 1078

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Pelvis IV

Source of title: backing inscriptions 1, 2, Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Pelvis – IV

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Pelvis IV (Oval with Moon)

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946....No signature. On backing: Label, "Pelvis IV (oval with moon) 1944 [oval with moon not verified]. Not listed in 1945 catalogue but O'Keeffe says same series and ptd. 1944." O'Keeffe, Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks, Downtown Gallery Archive date 1944. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible Backing:

  1. "Pelvis IV/ 1944 / oil / 36 x 40 / Masonite / Baker 5644" (black ink, Label: printed, O'Keeffe (red-bordered)) 2.. "Georgia O'Keeffe/ Abiquiu, N.M. / Pelvis IV / Abiquiu, N.M. / via express Santa Fe N.M." (1947 Art Institute of Chicago label label, black ink)
  2. "Pelvis - IV" (Andrew Droth, Label: printed, An American Place exhibition, Paintings 1944, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on Masonite (fiberboard)

Estate of the artist, 1986
Private collection, 1987
The Burnett Foundation, Fort Worth, Tex., 1996
Gift to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 1997
(Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 2026)

Credits & Rights

© Private Collection*

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/20/2026

Source System ID

87

Other IDs

1078, Catalogue Raisonné