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Georgia O'Keeffe
Sky Above Clouds III/Above the Clouds III, 1963
Image has not been color proofed to current standards, and its colors may differ from the original work. The Museum will replace it when new photography becomes available.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Sky Above Clouds III/Above the Clouds III, 1963
Oil on canvas, 48 x 84 inches
CR No. 1479
Oil on canvas, 48 x 84 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 1479

Small white clouds dot an expanse of blue sky stretching below the viewer. Near the top of the canvas, a horizon line separates this from a band of pink sky that hangs overhead.

CR No. 1479

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Sky Above Clouds III/Above the Clouds III

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

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Sky Above Clouds, III

Source of title: Whitney Archive in 1969.

General Remarks

Titled Sky Above Clouds III by O'Keeffe on Abiquiú Notebooks photograph. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible Backing: 1 "Georgia O'Keeffe / Sky Above Clouds III / 1963 III" (black ink) 2. "Above the Clouds III / 1963?" (black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 11/11/2026

Source System ID

9456

Other IDs

1479, Catalogue Raisonné