What was the name of Georgia O’Keeffe’s 1918 series of paintings inspired by music?

Georgia O’Keeffe’s 1918 music-inspired series included the work titled Music—Pink and Blue. The painting belongs to her early abstract period, when she explored how color, line, and form might communicate sensations associated with sound.

O’Keeffe was interested in creating visual equivalents for experiences that could not be represented literally. Her abstract works from this period helped establish her reputation before her later flower, architecture, and New Mexico paintings became more widely recognized.

The title is often confused with Blue and Green Music, another O’Keeffe painting from 1919. The two works share a musical theme and overlapping color language, but they are distinct titles and dates.

O’Keeffe did not intend these paintings as illustrations of particular songs. Their relationship to music is expressive and structural: rhythm, movement, harmony, and color are translated into visual composition. That distinction is central to understanding her early abstractions.