Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.

Georgia O'Keeffe, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

Artist Tony Vaccaro (American, b. 1922)

Artist/Donor Tony Vaccaro Photography

CultureAmerican

DateApril 1960

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 9/16 × 9 1/4 in. (16.7 × 23.5 cm)
Overall, Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

InscribedInscribed in pen verso: "Georgia O'Keeffe, Taos Pueblo, NM, 4/1960 by Tony Vaccaro. Please return the print to the gallery after use." Signed in pencil verso: "Tony Vaccro." Stamped verso: "(c) Tony Vaccaro."

Credit LineGift of the artist

Object number2008.9.1

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print of Georgia O'Keeffe in the back seat of a car, holding a drink in her right hand and a piece of swiss cheese with her left, looking through the swiss cheese hole with her left eye. The background is a desert.

Label TextTony Vaccaro American, b. 1922 Georgia O’Keeffe, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, 1960 Gelatin silver print (photograph) Photographer Tony Vaccaro spent two weeks with Georgia O’Keeffe at her Abiquiu, New Mexico, ranch in April 1960, on assignment for LOOK magazine. The 72-year-old painter was initially distant and reluctant to pose, but she slowly warmed up to Vaccaro, resulting in playful images like this one in which O’Keeffe peers through a hole in a piece of Swiss cheese. Chrysler Museum, Gift of the artist 2008.9.1 ProvenanceTony Vaccaro; The Chrysler Museum of Art, Gift of Tony Vaccaro, 2008. Exhibition History"Collection Conversations: Georgia O'Keeffe: A Place of Her Own," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 21, 2015 - January 3, 2016.Published References"Georgia O'Keeffe: In Her Own Words," _Tate Etc._, summer 2016 (issue 37) 58.