Ida O'Keeffe, Catherine O'Keeffe Klenert, Alexis O'Keeffe, Anita O'Keeffe Young, Catherine Klenert Krueger, and Eleanor Jane Young, probably 1929

Item — Box: 4

Identifier: RC-1999-001-151

Ida O'Keeffe, Catherine O'Keeffe Klenert, Alexis O'Keeffe, Anita O'Keeffe Young, Catherine Klenert Krueger, and Eleanor Jane Young, probably 1929

Scope and Contents Note

From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters from Georgia O'Keeffe to Claudia O'Keeffe, her younger sister, and photographic material. The letters date from 1938 to 1968 and are primarily written from Abiquiu, New Mexico. Topics include exhibitions of O'Keeffe's work, travel, the handling of Alfred Stieglitz's estate, Claudia O'Keeffe's health and finances, and O'Keeffe's daily activities.

Photographic material includes a photographic album consisting of mostly O'Keeffe family photographs, dating from approximately 1905 to 1917. Also included are twenty-four loose photographs mostly of O'Keeffe family members dating from circa 1890 to the 1980s.

Artwork includes a drawing and a ribbon bookmark with beaded text, "To my mother."

Dates

Creation: probably 1929

Creator

Unknown (Photographer, Person)

Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public for research purposes. Some materials fragile and require handling by Archivist.

Copyright Management

https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/image-rights-and-reproductions/

Extent

1 Photographic Prints ; 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches

Language

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Overview

Back row: Ida O'Keeffe, Catherine O'Keeffe Klenert, Alexis O'Keeffe, Anita O'Keeffe Young. Front row: Catherine Klenert Krueger, and Eleanor Jane Young. Georgia O'Keeffe's younger siblings and their children. Handwritten on verso: My brother sisters and 2 nieces.