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Georgia O'Keeffe
Pelvis, 1943
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Pelvis, 1943
Oil on canvas, 16 x 12 inches
CR No. 1047
Oil on canvas, 16 x 12 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 1047

A white animal's pelvis bone stretches across the frame. Expanses of bright blue sky appear through the holes in the bone.

CR No. 1047

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Pelvis

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

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Pelvis Bone IV

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Pelvis Front

Pelvis – Front

General Remarks

Double entries Downtown Gallery Archive. Whitney Archive indicates, "Painted 1943." Abiquiú Notebooks notes backing inscription 2. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. "An American Plae / 509 Madison Aven – N.Y. City / Pelvis Bone, IV. – 1944 / New Mexico / Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: printed, An American Place exhibition, black ink) 2. "Pelvis Side {"Side" crossed out} (printed label) Front – 1943 (crossing out and 'Front – 1943' by Doris Bry, Label substitute: title cut from An American Place exhibition checklist, black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Maria Chabot, Alcalde, New Mexico, gift, 1948/1949; The artist, 1960; (Doris Bry, New York, NY); (Terry Dintenfass, Inc., New York, NY); (Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, California) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 8/26/2026

Source System ID

8966

Other IDs

1047, 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

"Sprayed with butyl methacrylate polymer, March, 1948 by Keck." (Keck typed label). "Sprayed 3/1969 with lucite 46 in benzine by Felrath Hines" (Doris Bry, black ink)