Georgia O'Keeffe, New Mexico
Artist
Don Worth
(American, 1924 - 2009)
Date1958
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 1/2 × 12 in. (24.1 × 30.5 cm)
Overall, Support: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2017.16.1
On View
Not on viewLabel TextDon Worth American, 1924–2009 Georgia O'Keeffe, New Mexico, 1958 Gelatin silver print (photograph) In this image, photographer Don Worth depicts artist Georgia O’Keeffe standing in the doorway of her Abiquiú, New Mexico, home. The inclusion of the Butterfly Chair without its sling in the foreground may seem unusual, but it achieves the artists’ shared desire to project O’Keeffe as a modern creative. Here, O’Keeffe’s cool expression and self-presentation in profile echoes the bent steel’s bold geometry. Known for cultivating an image of authority, power, and grace, the photograph is a reminder that appearances were important for O’Keeffe and that art was never so separate from life. Museum purchase 2017.16.1
Ansel Adams
1937, printed 1980