Georgia O'Keeffe, 1956
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 FeExhibition 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
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© Estate of Yousuf Karsh, Purchase
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