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Red and Yellow Cliffs

1940
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In 1940, O’Keeffe purchased a house at Ghost Ranch in the Chama River valley of New Mexico. She spent her summers and falls at Ghost Ranch, where she painted the breathtaking views, including these immense red, pink, and yellow striated cliffs that rose up seven hundred feet behind her house. Dotted with green shrubs, the landscape faithfully reproduces the vibrant colors of the American Southwest. The immensity of these geologic outcroppings are emphasized by the tiny patch of blue sky at the top left. Awed by these colorful cliffs, O’Keeffe painted them seven times.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Red and Yellow Cliffs
  • Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe (American, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 1887–1986 Santa Fe, New Mexico)
  • Date: 1940
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 24 × 36 in. (61 × 91.4 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe, 1986
  • Object Number: 1987.377.4
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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[Door and Adobe Wall, Abiquiu, New Mexico]
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[Looking from Bedroom at Abiquiu Towards Rio Chama, New Mexico], Georgia O'Keeffe American, Gelatin silver print
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Georgia O'Keeffe
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