Sky above Clouds IV
Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887–1986)
1965
On view — Gallery 249 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Painted in the summer of 1965, when Georgia O’Keeffe was 77 years old, this monumental work culminates a series inspired by the artist’s experiences as an airplane passenger during the 1950s. Working in Abiquiu, New Mexico, O’Keeffe began around 1963 to capture the endless expanses of clouds she…
Description courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 243.8 × 731.5 cm (96 × 288 in.)
- Origin
- United States