Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue
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Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue is a 1931 modernist painting by Georgia O’Keeffe that depicts a bleached cow skull against stylized red, white, and blue bands, often interpreted as a meditation on the American Southwest and national identity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue canonical | 2 |
| Cow’s Skull | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T933931 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue Context triple: [Georgia O’Keeffe, notableWork, Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue]
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A.
The Moose
"The Moose" is the famous nickname of Mark Messier, the Hall of Fame NHL forward renowned for his leadership, physical play, and multiple Stanley Cup championships.
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B.
Coat of Many Colors
"Coat of Many Colors" is a beloved autobiographical country song by Dolly Parton that recounts her impoverished but love-filled childhood through the story of a handmade patchwork coat.
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C.
Beyond the Pale
Beyond the Pale is a popular stand-up comedy special by Jim Gaffigan, best known for its clean humor and iconic routines about food, laziness, and everyday life.
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D.
Le Blaireau
Le Blaireau is the famous nickname of Bernard Hinault, the legendary French cyclist and multiple Tour de France winner.
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E.
House with the Heads
House with the Heads is a historic canal house in Amsterdam, renowned for its ornate façade adorned with sculpted heads and its significance in the city’s architectural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue Target entity description: Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue is a 1931 modernist painting by Georgia O’Keeffe that depicts a bleached cow skull against stylized red, white, and blue bands, often interpreted as a meditation on the American Southwest and national identity.
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A.
The Moose
"The Moose" is the famous nickname of Mark Messier, the Hall of Fame NHL forward renowned for his leadership, physical play, and multiple Stanley Cup championships.
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B.
Coat of Many Colors
"Coat of Many Colors" is a beloved autobiographical country song by Dolly Parton that recounts her impoverished but love-filled childhood through the story of a handmade patchwork coat.
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C.
Beyond the Pale
Beyond the Pale is a popular stand-up comedy special by Jim Gaffigan, best known for its clean humor and iconic routines about food, laziness, and everyday life.
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D.
Le Blaireau
Le Blaireau is the famous nickname of Bernard Hinault, the legendary French cyclist and multiple Tour de France winner.
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E.
House with the Heads
House with the Heads is a historic canal house in Amsterdam, renowned for its ornate façade adorned with sculpted heads and its significance in the city’s architectural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modernist painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artStyleCharacteristic |
bold color contrasts
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flat pictorial space ⓘ simplified forms ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Modernism
ⓘ
linked to:
Modernism
Southwestern art ⓘ |
| backgroundComposition | horizontal tricolor bands ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Georgia O’Keeffe ⓘ |
| depictionType | animal remains ⓘ |
| depicts |
bleached skull
ⓘ
blue bands ⓘ cow skull ⓘ red bands ⓘ stylized background ⓘ white bands ⓘ |
| exhibitionTheme |
American identity in art
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landscape abstraction ⓘ |
| genre |
still life
ⓘ
symbolic painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
central skull motif
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horizontal color bands ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue ⓘ |
| inception | 1931 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
American Southwest
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linked to:
southwestern United States
New Mexico landscape ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
meditation on American identity
ⓘ
meditation on mortality ⓘ symbol of the American West ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none (visual artwork) ⓘ |
| location |
United States (museum collection)
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| mainSubject |
American Southwest
ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern United States
desert landscape symbolism ⓘ national identity ⓘ |
| movement | Modernism ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Georgia O’Keeffe ⓘ |
| partOf | Georgia O’Keeffe’s skull paintings series ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
United States flag colors
ⓘ
desert environment ⓘ endurance ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| visualFocus | central vertical skull ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue Description of subject: Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue is a 1931 modernist painting by Georgia O’Keeffe that depicts a bleached cow skull against stylized red, white, and blue bands, often interpreted as a meditation on the American Southwest and national identity.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue