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Georgia O'Keeffe
Mesa and Road East, 1952
Georgia O'Keeffe
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

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.
DETAILS

Catalogue Raisonné Number

1234

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Stretcher: inaccessible
Verso: 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 Mexico

Exhibition History

1953 New York (Whitney), no 97
1955 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
CREDITS & RIGHTS

Gift, © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum


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Source System ID

1035