Red Hills with the Pedernal
Georgia O'Keeffe
American Art
The Pedernal is a flat-topped mountain that commands the Ghost Ranch landscape and is visible for miles in every direction. O’Keeffe was inspired by its unusual topography and regal presence. It became for her what Mount Fuji was for Hokusai or Mont Sainte-Victoire for Paul Cézanne—a compelling natural feature to be explored again and again in different compositions. Late in life, she liked to tell interviewers that she thought if she painted the Pedernal often enough, God would give it to her.
MEDIUM
Pastel on paper mounted to wood-pulp board
DATES
1936
DIMENSIONS
21 1/2 x 27 1/4 in. (54.6 x 69.2 cm)
frame: 28 3/8 × 22 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (72.1 × 56.5 × 6.4 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Unsigned
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
87.136.4
CREDIT LINE
Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887–1986). Red Hills with the Pedernal, 1936. Pastel on paper mounted to wood-pulp board, 21 1/2 x 27 1/4 in. (54.6 x 69.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe, 87.136.4. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 87.136.4_PS6.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 87.136.4_PS6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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