Georgia O'Keeffe in Abiquiu Patio, 1980
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains over 1100 photographs, including copy prints, contact sheets, film, and Polaroids relating to the life and work of Georgia O'Keeffe. The collection includes photography by O'Keeffe that reflects her daily life and photography interests, as well as photography of O'Keeffe and her properties, artwork, and travel. A small portion of the collection relates to The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation and the catalogue raisonne. Copy prints in the collection are often by fine art photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz, Laura Gilpin, or Eliot Porter and come from other repositories. There are a small number of original enclosures, such as envelopes, boxes, and albums. Part of this collection was accessioned into the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum's art collection under the same accession number, 2006.6, and contains fine art photography by artists like Stieglitz, Todd Webb, and Ansel Adams.
Dates
- Creation: 1980
Creator
- Nichols, Mary E. (Photographer, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials predominately in English or have no linguistic content.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open to the public for research purposes. Digital assets are available for viewing framed materials.
Copyright Management
www.okeeffemuseum.org/image-rights-and-reproductions/
Extent
1 Photographic Prints : chromogenic print ; 10 x 7 15/16 inches
Overview
Portrait of O'Keeffe sitting on a banco in the patio of her Abiquiu house surrounded by a collection of rocks; she is wearing a black suit coat, black pants, a white shirt and a black scarf which covers her hair; she sits with body turned slightly to viewer right, her left leg is crossed over her right knee and her arms are crossed over her lap, her face in partial profile, a shaft of diagonal light illuminates the midsection of her body and the collection of rocks around her feet in the foreground.
Ownership and Rights
Copyright Mary E. Nichols
Explanation of Rights
https://rightsstatements.org/page/1.0/?language=en
Repository Details
Part of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Repository
217 Johnson Street
Santa Fe NM 87501 US
505-946-1000