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Yousuf Karsh
Georgia O'Keeffe, 1956
Yousuf Karsh
Georgia O'Keeffe, 1956
Gelatin silver print, 39 x 29 1/2 inches
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Museum Purchase
1997.10.1

Photographer: Yousuf Karsh
Striking profile portrait of O'Keeffe dressed in black, seated on the banco at the entrance of her Abiquiu house under a large set of elk antlers, exquisite tonal range, white shafts of ambient light falling on her forehead through the doorway.
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Provenance

The Artist; The Ponchartrain Hotel, New Orleans in the mid-1980s; Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe; Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe

Exhibition History

2012 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Juane Quick-to-See Smith)
2012 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Faraway)
2014 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Orientation Room
CREDITS & RIGHTS

© Estate of Yousuf Karsh, Purchase


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Source System ID

56