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Salita Door, 1956 or 1957

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Identifier: 2006.6.1406
Abiquiu House, Salita Door, circa 1960

Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

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: 1956 or 1957

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

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 : gelatin silver print ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches

Overview

Abstract graphic composition of the salita door at O'Keeffe's Abiquiu house. O'Keeffe frames the photograph as a flat adobe textured wall with the doorway as a black vertical rectangle; a large diagonal shadow cuts across the wall from viewer upper right to viewer left, a large chamisa bush is in the lower left corner.

Physical Description

Kodak Azo F Smooth, Glossy, DW

Ownership and Rights

Copyright Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Explanation of Rights

https://rightsstatements.org/page/1.0/?language=en

Genre / Form

Geographic

Topical

Repository Details

Part of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Repository

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