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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 (Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum)

Credits & Rights

© Private Collection*

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

87

Other IDs

1078, Catalogue Raisonné