Glen Canyon, contact sheet, 1961-08

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: 2006.6.72

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: 1961-08

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 ; 6 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches

Additional Description

Overview

Enlarged and cut 35mm contact sheet with film strip numbers 4, 5, and 6, depicting rockface formations and foliage along the Colorado River. Todd Webb printed most of O'Keeffe's contact sheets and photographic prints. This photograph is from the Glen Canyon album that Todd Webb gave to Georgia O'Keeffe "In memory of the great August 1961 trip down the Colorado River."