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Freer Gallery of Art (1923)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: est. 1923

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Report on the National Collection of Fine Arts Including the Freer Gallery of Art, 1947

 Item
Identifier: 2000.6.108
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: Between 1947 and 1948, Georgia O'Keeffe shipped several boxes of books to New Mexico from her and her late husband's, Alfred Stieglitz, collections at their New York apartment and the Lake George house. This was the beginning of O'Keeffe's personal book collection in New Mexico. O'Keeffe grew her collection by purchasing and seeking out books on particular subjects; others she received as gifts from friends, admirers of her work, authors, and museums, which is documented through her habit of...
Dates: 1947