Georgia O'Keeffe Photographs, 1882-1974, undated
This collection includes photographic material relating to Georgia O'Keeffe and her properties dating from 1908 to circa 1966. In addition to photographs there are clippings, prints, correspondence, printed material, and a watercolor and graphite drawing.
- Collection No.
- MS.37
- Dates
- 1882-1974, undated
- Quantity
- 2.88 linear feet
ARRANGEMENT
Series arrangement is by general media type.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The collection comprises almost 200 photographs, including copy prints, film, contact sheets, documentary photographs, and personal snap shots, all relating to the life and work of Georgia O'Keeffe. Many photographs are of O'Keeffe or her New Mexico properties. Part of this collection was accessioned into the Museum's art collection, including fine art photography by such artists as Alfred Stieglitz, Ansel Adams, Laura Gilpin, Todd Webb, and Philip Halsman. Those photographs share an accession number scheme beginning with 2014.03. The collection also contains a limited amount of correspondence, ephemera, clippings, popular prints, and one watercolor and graphite work by an unknown individual.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE
Georgia O'Keeffe was one of the most photographed women of the twentieth century. She actively participated in the creation of her own dramatic image, beginning in 1918, with the series of more than 300 photographs created by Alfred Stieglitz. After Stieglitz's death and her move to the remote village of Abiquiu in New Mexico, important portrait photographers followed her west to picture her at home and in her studio. In 2006, The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation transferred O'Keeffe's personal photograph collection to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. This collection consists of both fine art photography and a wide range of archival photographic materials such as copy prints, negatives, contact sheets, documentary photographs, and personal snap shots. The photographic archive forms an invaluable record of O'Keeffe's life in art, a creative practice that spanned the twentieth century and the rise of American Modernism. The photographs in this collection, MS.37, were originally in O'Keeffe's possession and given to James Johnson Sweeney when he was working on a book about her, which was never published. James Johnson Sweeney (1900-1986) was an art curator, critic, historian, and museum director. Sweeney was a curator for the Museum of Modern Art from 1935 to 1946 and the director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, from 1952 to 1960. Sweeney was appointed director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston in 1961 where he stayed for several years. Sweeney was the curator of O'Keeffe's 1946 retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art and consulted her on aspects of her career.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
- Repository
- Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- Georgia O'Keeffe Photographs, 1882-1974, undated. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.
- Acquisition Information
- This collection was purchased by the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in 2014.
- Processing Information
- Processing of this collection was completed by Elizabeth Ehrnst in 2015.
CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE
- Legal status note
- This collection is the physical property of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. The Museum holds rights only for material created by Museum personnel or given to the Museum with such rights specifically assigned. The collection is subject to all copyright laws. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply. Contact the Archivist for further copyright and publication information as it pertains to this collection.
- Allowed Uses
- The collection is open to the public for research purposes.
- Copy and reproduction restrictions
- Photocopies or digital images of materials may be made for research purposes only.
RELATED MATERIAL
Part of this collection was accessioned into the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum's art collection. Those photographs share a similar accession number, 2014.03. There are similar or related photographs in various Georgia O'Keeffe Museum archival collections.
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Georgia O'Keeffe with dog in Amarillo, Texasbetween 1912 and 1914
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Georgia O'Keeffe with dog in Amarillo, Texasbetween 1912 and 1914
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Georgia O'Keeffe with dog in Amarillo, Texasbetween 1912 and 1914
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Georgia O'Keeffe with dog in Amarillo, Texasbetween 1912 and 1914
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Georgia O'Keeffe with cat and dog in Amarillo, Texasbetween 1912 and 1914
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Georgia O'Keeffe with dog in Amarillo, Texasbetween 1912 and 1914
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Unidentified woman with dog in Amarillo, Texasbetween 1912 and 1914
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Georgia O'Keeffe carrying clothingbetween 1912 and 1918
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Georgia O'Keeffe in Texasbetween 1916 and 1918
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Georgia O'Keeffe in Texasbetween 1916 and 1918
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Ghost Ranch1950-05-16
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Georgia O'Keeffe in Texasbetween 1916 and 1918
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Georgia O'Keeffe carrying clothingbetween 1912 and 1918
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Georgia O'Keeffe with dog in Amarillo, Texasbetween 1912 and 1914
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Georgia O'Keeffe in Texasbetween 1912 and 1918
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Georgia O'Keeffe1942
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Georgia O'Keeffebetween 1912 and 1914
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Georgia O'Keeffebetween 1912 and 1914
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Unidentified womanundated
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Sailboat on waterundated
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Canyonundated
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Abiquiu house, salita doorundated
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Cliffs, New Mexicoundated
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Ghost Ranch sign and skullundated
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Road and hill, New Mexicoundated
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Ghost Ranch house exteriorundated
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Skull, Ghost Ranchundated
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Skull, Ghost Ranchundated
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Abiquiu house, sitting room, contact sheetbefore 1965
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Abiquiu house, sitting roombefore 1965
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Abiquiu house, sitting roombefore 1965
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Dead tree, New Mexicoundated
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Dead tree, New Mexicoundated
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Abiquiu houseundated
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Nuns at Ghost Ranch housecirca 1947
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Nuns at Ghost Ranch housecirca 1947
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Nuns at Ghost Ranch housecirca 1947
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Roadundated
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Antelope at Ghost Ranchundated
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Budapest String Quartetundated
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Budapest String Quartetundated
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Witter Bynnerundated
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Witter Bynnerundated
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Pedro Beltranundated
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Plants in window1952
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Todd Webbundated
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Building exterior in Franceundated
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Washington Monumentundated
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Georgia O'Keeffe at table with scissorscirca 1948
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Plants in window1952
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Abiquiu house exteriorundated
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Garden, New Mexicoundated
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Unidentified manundated
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Crossundated
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Abiquiu exterior1952
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Georgia O'Keeffe1966
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Georgia O'Keeffe1966
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Georgia O'Keeffe and Carl Van Vechten1950-08-16
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Georgia O'Keeffe and Carl Van Vechten1950-08-16
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Georgia O'Keeffe and Carl Van Vechten1950-08-16
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Ghost Ranch1950-08-16
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Georgia O'Keeffe's Ghost Ranch house1950-08-16
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Georgia O'Keeffe's Ghost Ranch house1950-08-16
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Ghost Ranch1950-08-16
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Church1950-08-17
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Woman with babyundated
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Woman with babyundated
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Golden Gate Bridgeundated
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Cityscape (San Francisco)undated
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Wood and stone abstractioncirca 1962
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Georgia O'Keeffe with catundated
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Georgia O'Keeffe in Hawaiiundated
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Georgia O'Keeffe [with mounted bird]circa 1941
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Georgia O'Keeffe [with mounted bird]circa 1941
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Georgia O'Keeffe and chowundated
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Georgia O'Keeffe in profileundated
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Georgia O'Keeffe in shawl at Lake Georgecirca 1938
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Georgia O'Keeffe in shawl at Lake Georgecirca 1938
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Georgia O'Keeffe in shawl at Lake Georgecirca 1938
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Georgia O'Keeffe in shawl at Lake Georgecirca 1938
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Georgia O'Keeffe in shawl at Lake Georgecirca 1938
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Georgia O'Keeffe in shawl at Lake Georgecirca 1938
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The majority of letters are addressed to Georgia O'Keeffe. Arranged alphabetically by creator.
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Taos Pueblo, postcardundated
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Taos Pueblo, postcardundated
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Man amongst doves, clippingundated
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Bust, clippingundated
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Conductor, clippingundated
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Gerald Heard, clippingundated
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Goat, clippingundated
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Horse, clippingundated
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Light Work, clippingundated
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