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Georgia O'Keeffe Museum: Access O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe
Rib and Jawbone, 1935
Courtesy of Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR853_rib-and-jawbone_863517.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Rib and Jawbone, 1935
Oil on canvas, 9 x 24 inches
CR No. 853
Bequest of Georgia O’Keeffe
Oil on canvas, 9 x 24 inches
Bequest of Georgia O’Keeffe
CR No. 853

This painting has Untitled (Tulip), 1926 (cat. no. 570) on the back.

CR No. 853

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Rib and Jawbone

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

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Rib-Piece of Jawbone with Tooth

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946. . . . No signature." Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks note of inscription 1 and indicate date "36." Dated 1935 on basis of backing inscription 2, inclusion in 1936 exhibition. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: "9 1/2 x 24 1/4 / E" (unidentified hand, graphite). Verso: another work, see cat. no. 570. Backing: 1. "Rib and Jaw Bone 3 . . ." (graphite) 2. Rib and Jaw Bone 1935" (Doris Bry, FACL label, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Artist (The), until 1986; Estate of Georgia O’Keeffe (The), Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1986-1987, Brooklyn Museum (The), 1987 (Source: Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Brooklyn Museum of Art

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Last verified by current collection 2025

Source System ID

8841

Other IDs

853, Catalogue Raisonné

Conservation

Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.
REPORT NOTES

Published with corresponding artwork entry in Georgia O’Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné (Lynes, 1999), this historical conservation information documents treatment decisions made during the artist’s lifetime. Lynes quotes information found on backing labels, and, when noted, from other sources.

CONDITION NARRATIVE

"July 1962 thin coat of polyvinyl acetate (AYAF) and butyl methacrylate (Lucite #46) # 1869" (Fine Arts Conservation Laboratories typed label).

REPORT NOTES

Information provided for Access O'Keeffe by Brooklyn Museum of Art in 2025.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

Good

CONDITION NARRATIVE

The painting was unframed for Collection Photography, both front and back. It appears to be in good condition and unchanged from previous records. It was re-framed after photography was complete. The D-rings could be updated in the future.