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O’Keeffe and Moore

The San Diego Museum of Art, USA

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A large, wooden carving of a reclining figure by Henry Moore, displayed on a plinth. Two small paintings by Georgia O'Keefe are hung on the blue wall behind, to either side of the sculpture.

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Entryway to an exhibition, with the title 'O'Keefe and Moore' in large white text on a black wall between two ornate pillars. There is a large black and white photo of a woman on the wall, and an oval bronze sculpture on a plinth.
Wide shot of a gallery space, with several small paintings hung on a burgundy wall, and four small sculptures in two display cases.
Wide shot of a gallery space, with several small paintings hung on a burgundy wall, and three small sculptures in a display case.
A recreation of Georgia O'Keefe's studio, with a fireplace and window surrounded by sculptures, paintings and found material such as bones and antlers.
A recreation of Georgia O'Keefe's studio, with a fireplace and window surrounded by sculptures, paintings and found material such as bones and antlers.
Wide shot of a gallery space containing a recreation of Henry Moore's studio, alongside a stone carving of a seated woman holding a child, and a large-scale photo of a bronze sculpture in a field, surrounded by sheep.
A recreation of Henry Moore's studio, with an elephant skull on a plinth, and a small desk and sideboard displaying numerous small sculptures and found objects such as bones and stones.
A recreation of Henry Moore's studio, with an elephant skull on a plinth, and a small desk and sideboard displaying numerous small sculptures and found objects such as bones and stones.
Wide shot of a gallery with blue walls, with four large figurative sculptures in bronze and stone by Henry Moore displayed on plinths. Paintings are hung on the walls further back.
Wide shot of a gallery with blue walls, with three large figurative sculptures in bronze and stone by Henry Moore displayed on plinths, and a painting by Georgia O'Keefe hung on a wall between them.
Close up view of a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, made of three interlocking pieces similar to vertebrae. The negative space of the sculpture frames another behind it, this one of a reclining figure carved from white stone.
Wide shot of a gallery space containing numerous sculptures by Henry Moore and paintings by Georgia O'Keefe.
Wide shot of a gallery with blue walls, with a tall sculpture by Henry Moore in the foreground, which looks to be inspired in equal parts by the human figure and pieces of bone. Behind it are more sculptures on plinths, and paintings by Georgia O'Keefe hung on the walls.
Wide shot of a gallery with sand-coloured walls, with a tall sculpture by Henry Moore in the foreground, which looks to be inspired in equal parts by the human figure and pieces of bone. Behind it are more sculptures on plinths, and paintings by Georgia O'Keefe hung on the walls.
Wide shot of a gallery, with three paintings and an abstract stone sculpture in the foreground, and a wooden carving of a reclining figure visible through a corridor into the room behind.
A large, wooden carving of a reclining figure by Henry Moore, displayed on a plinth. Two small paintings by Georgia O'Keefe are hung on the blue wall behind, to either side of the sculpture.
The entrance to The San Diego Museum of Art, with ornate stonework rising three storeys high, featuring decorative pillars, figurative sculpture and coats of arms.

This is the first exhibition to bring together the work of two iconic modernists: Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore.

While these artists worked on different continents, their careers and contributions to the artistic development of the 20th century reveal many parallels. The two artists pioneered and shared a coherent vision and approach to Modernism.

While other Modernist artists also used natural forms as a pathway to abstraction, no other artists apart from O’Keeffe and Moore centred their art on this fundamental aspect, and amassed such great collections of animal skulls and bones, gnarled tree roots and twisted driftwood, and smooth and hollowed stones. Both artists also drew inspiration from the landscapes that were an essential part of their life and work.

Touring dates

Curated by Anita Feldman, The San Diego Museum of Art’s Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Education, the exhibition toured on to Albuquerque Museum (30 September – 31 December 2023), Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (10 February – 2 June 2024) and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (13 October 2024 – 20 January 2025).

O’Keeffe and Moore
Abstract bronze sculpture by Henry Moore that gives the impression of a person reclining.

O’Keeffe and Moore

30 September – 31 December 2023
Albuquerque Museum, USA

A one-of-a-kind exhibition, O’Keeffe and Moore compares the work of two iconic modernists: American painter Georgia O’Keeffe and British sculptor Henry Moore.

Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore: Giants of Modern Art
Side-by-side comparison of a painting by Georgia O'Keefe of a black-and-white striped, trumpet-like flower, next to a black sculpture by Henry Moore of a standing figure encased in an oval 'shell'. The two artworks bear some striking similarities.

Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore: Giants of Modern Art

10 February – 2 June 2024
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada

This groundbreaking exhibition creates a new dialogue between the work of Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) and Henry Moore (1898-1986), exploring how these iconic 20th-century artists developed their own shape of modern art firmly rooted in the natural world.

Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore

Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore

13 October 2024 – 20 January 2025
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore have long been admired for their extraordinary distillations of natural forms into abstraction – O’Keeffe’s iconic paintings of flowers and Moore’s monumental public sculpture.

Works in the exhibition

The exhibition features over 100 paintings and sculptures which trace their artistic development and explore Surrealist concepts such as the pairing of objects and metamorphosis. The exhibition also includes recreations of the artists’ studios, complete with their original contents of found objects, tools and furnishings.

 

View list of works in our online catalogue

Sculpture of an abstract human figure in a reclining pose, carved from white marble by Henry Moore. The sculpture notably lacks any arms, feet or a head.
Abstract bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, composed of three pieces that give the impression of interlocking vertebrae.
Abstract bronze sculpture by Henry Moore that gives the impression of a person reclining.
A carved wooden sculpture of a reclining figure by Henry Moore.
An abstract sculpture by Henry Moore, carved from wood to appear somewhat like a basket, with blue and red string threaded through it.
A bronze sculpture by Henry Moore of a mother, father and child sat together on a bench.
Abstract bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, roughly oval in shape with a hole in the middle. Two points stretch out towards the centre, not quite touching, making it look from this angle almost like the number eight.
A black sculpture by Henry Moore of a standing figure encased in an oval 'shell'.
Painting by Georgia O'Keefe. A distant mountain is framed through the eye socket of an animal's skull, cropped in close to make it hard to tell what it is at first.
Painting by Georgia O'Keefe of an animal's pelvic bone. It has been painted from an angle that makes it appears massive against the landscape behind it.
Painting by Georgia O'Keefe of a mountainous landscape in rich, earthy tones of green, teal, pink and brown.
Painting of a pink spiral shell by Georgia O'Keefe.
Painting by Georgia O'Keefe of a ram's skull with a blue and yellow flower next to it.
Painting by Georgia O'Keefe, showing an animal skull and two flowering plants over the top of a pink, desert-like landscape with a few small trees in it.
Painting by Georgia O'Keefe of a black-and-white striped, trumpet-like flower, surrounded by green leaves against a blue background.
Painting by Georgia O'Keefe showing red petals very close up.
A painting of flowers, antlers and bones, done in soft shades of cream, white and blue, by Georgia O'Keefe.
Painting by Georgia O'Keefe of a rectangular opening into an adobe building. It is bright outside, with a blue sky overhead, and contrastingly dark inside.
Painting of a grey cross on a blue background by Georgia O'Keefe.
Black and White photo of Henry Moore in middle age, standing in a studio by a wooden sculpture that is part way through being carved. Tools are dotted around the room, and chips of wood are spread across the floor.
Shelves inside Henry Moore's Bourne Maquette Studio displaying plaster sculpture models and found objects.

Reviews

Review on The San Diego Union-Tribune website
Painting by Georgia O'Keefe of an animal's pelvic bone. It has been painted from an angle that makes it appears massive against the landscape behind it.

San Diego Museum of Art to open ambitious ‘O’Keeffe and Moore’ exhibit

Review by Seth Combs

“Nearly a decade in the making, the groundbreaking San Diego Museum of Art exhibition will showcase more than 120 works by the two artists.”

Read the full review in The San Diego Union-Tribune

Find out more about the exhibition on The San Diego Museum of Art’s website

Getting here

The San Diego Museum of Art

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San Diego
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