Mesa and Road East, 1952
Mesa and Road East, 1952
Oil on canvas, 26 1/16 x 36 inches
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.234
Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe
A winding road enters the scene from the base of the canvas in the center. It curves to the right before weaving off into the distance to the left. A large, dark-colored mesa rises from the right side of the work, its hills sloping down towards the left. Several trees dot the landscape in the foreground. The sky is largely filled with clouds, with just a sliver of blue visible along the upper edge of the work.
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Catalogue Raisonné Number
1234
Inscriptions
Inscriptions: Stretcher: inaccessibleVerso: inaccessible
Backing:
1. "Mesa and Road East - 53" (graphite)
2. "Georgia O'Keeffe / Abiquiu, N.M." (graphite)
Provenance
Estate of the artist, 1986 Georgia O'Keeffe 1986 Abiquiu/New MexicoExhibition History
1953 New York (Whitney), no 971955 New York (Downtown - O'Keeffe), no on checklist;
1955 Charleston, no 11
1966 Ridgefield
2013 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Katsina; all venues
2015 New Mexico Museum of Art, Sept 11, 2015 - Jan. 17, 2016, Georgia O'Keeffe in Process
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© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Gift
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