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Georgia O'Keeffe
Red Hills with the Pedernal, 1936
Courtesy of Brooklyn Museum of Art.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Red Hills with the Pedernal, 1936
Pastel on paper mounted to cardboard, pastel board, 21 1/2 x 27 1/4 inches
CR No. 898
Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe
Pastel on paper mounted to cardboard, pastel board, 21 1/2 x 27 1/4 inches
Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe
CR No. 898

Reddish-brown hills sweep across the lower portion of the composition. A few green trees poke out from behind the hills, and the blue form of Pedernal rises above. Stretching over the landscape is a clouded daytime sky.

CR No. 898

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Red Hills with the Pedernal

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

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Red Hills with Pedernal

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 13, 1946. . . . No signature." Whitney Archive indicates, "On backing: Label, 'Red Hills with Pedernal – New Mexico' 1936 [not verified]. Note: Miss O'Keeffe says this was in 1937 exhibition at Amer. Place but not listed in catalogue." Abiquiú Notebooks indicates, "Back: A.S.: 'Red Hills with Pedernal – New Mexico.' 1936. (pastel) Georgia O'Keeffe." Inscription in museum files: "'Red Hills with Pedernal –/New Mexico' – 1936/(pastel)/Georgia O'Keeffe/From An American Place/509 Madison Ave New York/N.Y." (Alfred Stieglitz, black ink). Not exhibited until 1937–38 New York (An American Place) exhibition. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Pastel

Materials

Pastel on paper mounted to cardboard, pastel board

Extended Medium Description

Pastel on moderately thick, beige, sand-covered paper mounted to grey cardboard, pastel board
(Source: Paper Survey researched by Judith C. Walsh and published in Lynes, 1999.)

Estate of Artist, 1986 (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

8875

Other IDs

898, Catalogue Raisonné