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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.
