National Gallery of Art Custom Prints
Home

Georgia O'Keeffe

Sky with Flat White Cloud, 1962

Navigation
Home
About
Help
View Cart
Shop Main Online Store
SPECIAL EXHIBITION
Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World
Advancements in scientific technology, trade, and colonial expansion allowed naturalists to study previously unknown and overlooked insects, animals, and other beestjes, or “little beasts.” Artists helped deepen and spread knowledge of these creatures with highly detailed and playful works that inspired generations of printmakers, painters, decorative artists, and naturalists.
View Little Beasts Prints

About the Artwork

Painted late in her career when she was experimenting with unconventional viewpoints, Sky with Flat White Cloud is the second in a series of seven paintings in which Georgia O’Keeffe took inspiration from flying in an airplane high above the earth’s surface, observing the surrounding atmosphere and cloud formations. Excited by the experience of air travel, she remarked, “I’ve often thought how wonderful it would be to simply stand out in space and have nothing!”

In this painting and two others in the group, she divided the vista into three horizontal bands; the largest represents the solid cloudbank, which is surmounted by a narrow band of yellowish haze (possibly inspired by the airplane’s contrail) and the blue atmosphere above. In the other paintings, she represented the clouds as “little oval white clouds, all more or less alike,” as they appear in her last undertaking of the series, the monumental twenty-four-foot-long Sky Above Clouds IV (1965, Art Institute of Chicago).

Popular Images

About Our Prints

Quality
National Gallery of Art Custom Prints is your exclusive source for custom reproductions authorized and available for purchase directly from the National Gallery of Art. All items that are offered are produced using gallery-quality materials and the color is managed in a manner that produces a reproduction as true to the original as modern technology will allow.
Selection
Many of the works offered through this store are exclusive and not available anywhere else. In addition, new works are continually added to the offering, so come back often to see our new releases.
Customization
You have found the work that speaks to you. Now what? Using our innovative custom framing tool you can preview exactly what your finished and framed art will look like. We offer many different moulding styles so there is sure to be a match for any type of decor.

Member Discounts

National and Circle Members will receive a 20% discount for all Custom Prints orders processed through our kiosk or website. During the checkout process, enter the coupon code you received from the membership office and your discount will be applied.