Flying Backbone
Flying Backbone
Artist
Georgia O'Keeffe
(1887 - 1986)
Date1944
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions11 × 25 1/4 in. (27.9 × 64.1 cm)
Framed: 15 9/16 × 29 9/16 × 2 in.
Framed: 15 9/16 × 29 9/16 × 2 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineAlfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Accession number
ASC.2012.74
On View
Not on viewCollections
Label TextGeorgia 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.
