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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Flying Backbone
Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings often subvert scale and perspective. In Flying Backbone, she positions a cow’s lumbar vertebra so that it appears larger than a mountain range in New Mexico. The work reflects O’Keeffe’s tendency to remain within the tradition of Realism while presenting her subjects in unexpected configurations.
ArtistaGeorgia O'Keeffe, 1887–1986
Fecha1944
MedioOil on canvas
Dimensiones15 9/16 x 29 9/16 x 2 in.
Línea de créditoAlfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
ClasificaciónPainting
ProcedenciaArtist; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, 1949; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, as co-owners, 2012
En exhibiciónNo
This artwork's face covers about 63× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.
