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Mule's Skull with Turkey Feathers, 1936
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Mule's Skull with Turkey Feathers, 1936
Oil on canvas, 30 x 16 inches
CR No. 877
Oil on canvas, 30 x 16 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 877

The long, narrow form of a tan mule's skull sits against a white surface. Two black and brown striped turkey feathers with white tips poke out from behind the skull, one at the bottom right and the other at the top left.

CR No. 877

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Mule's Skull with Turkey Feathers

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Horse's or Mule's Skull with Turkey Feathers

A Horse's or a Mule's Skull with Turkey Feathers

General Remarks

Abiquiú Notebooks notes inscription 1. Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977 notes, "Sold by Halpert . . . April 1952." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. OK {5star} (graphite) 2. "New York – N.Y." (Art Institute of Chicago label, black ink) 3. Label: handwritten, "An American Place' / 509 Madison Avenue / New York — N.Y. / Georgia O'Keeffe" 4. "Horse's or Mule's Skull / with Turkey Feathers / 1936 / by Georgia O'Keeffe" (William Einstein, Label: stamped, "An American Place / Room 1710— 509 Madison Ave. / New York, — N.Y." (blue-bordered), black ink) 5. Stamp: "Georgia O'Keeffe / An American Place / Room 1710— 509 Madison Ave. / New York — N.Y." (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

(The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY); Private collection, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1952; Private collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico, purchase, after 1966; Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1986; Private collection, Dallas, Texas, 1988; (Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/20/2026

Source System ID

8856

Other IDs

877, Catalogue Raisonné