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Georgia O'Keeffe
Sky Above Clouds IV, 1965
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Sky Above Clouds IV, 1965
Oil on canvas, 96 x 288 inches
CR No. 1498
Purchased with funds provided by the Paul and Gabriella Rosenbaum Foundation; gift of Georgia O'Keeffe
Oil on canvas, 96 x 288 inches
Purchased with funds provided by the Paul and Gabriella Rosenbaum Foundation; gift of Georgia O'Keeffe
CR No. 1498

Ovular, semiabstract white clouds fill the frame in orderly horizontal lines. As the clouds recede into the distance, they become smaller. The forms contrast with the blue sky beneath, which meets a pale pink horizon line at the upper third of the composition. The pink fades into pale blue near the top of the canvas.

CR No. 1498

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Sky Above Clouds IV

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Above the Clouds IV

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

Sky Above Clouds, IV

Source of title: Whitney Archive in 1969.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive after 1969 indicates [by Lloyd Goodrich], ". . . Doris Bry told me 4/8/70 that the correct title is Sky Above Clouds, / and the date is 1965." Downtown Gallery Archive dates 1966; Abiquiú Notebooks dates 1965. Dated 1965 on basis of inclusion in 1966 exhibition. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Stretcher: inaccessible at time of 1999 CR Verso: inaccessible at time of 1999 CR Backing: inaccessible at time of 1999 CR (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986), Abiquiú, NM [on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago from 1971]; partially sold and partially given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1983. (Source: Art Institute of Chicago website, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Art Institute of Chicago

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 7/22/2026

Source System ID

9458

Other IDs

1498, Catalogue Raisonné