Which New York museum acquired Georgia O'Keeffe's 1936 painting Summer Days?

The Whitney Museum of American Art acquired Georgia O’Keeffe’s 1936 painting Summer Days. The work combines a desert skull and flowers with the dry landscape imagery that became central to her New Mexico art.

O’Keeffe often juxtaposed animal bones with flowers, mountains, and sky. These subjects came from direct observation, but she arranged them into carefully balanced compositions rather than presenting ordinary still-life scenes. Summer Days reflects her interest in the stark visual contrasts of the Southwest.

The Whitney is particularly associated with American art of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It is distinct from the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, both of which also hold major works by modern artists. Museum ownership and exhibition history can change, so collection records are the best source for current display information.