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Georgia O'Keeffe
Pelvis with the Moon – New Mexico, 1943
Courtesy of Norton Museum of Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR1050_pelvis-with-the-moon-new-mexico_862720.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Pelvis with the Moon – New Mexico, 1943
Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
CR No. 1050
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, Purchase, R. H. Norton Trust, 58.29
Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, Purchase, R. H. Norton Trust, 58.29
CR No. 1050

The twisting, bright white form of an animal's pelvis stretches from the bottom to the top of the vertically oriented canvas. A pale blue sky surrounds the bone and appears through its holes. A white moon hovers at the top of the composition, with the blue form of Pedernal stretching out below.

CR No. 1050

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Pelvis with the Moon – New Mexico

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Pelvis With the Moon

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Pelvis With Moon

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

General Remarks

Reproduced and titled Pelvis with the Moon, New Mexico in PM (December 1945). (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible Backing: "Pelvis with the Moon — 1943 / by. . ." (Andrew Droth, Label: handwritten, "An American Place' / 509 Madison Avenue / New York — N.Y. / Georgia O'Keeffe" [partial], black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

The Downtown Gallery, New York
(Source: Norton Museum of Art, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Last verified by current collection Sep 24 2025

Source System ID

9434

Other IDs

1050, Catalogue Raisonné