Near Abiquiu, New Mexico
The quality of light in New Mexico enabled O'Keeffe to see clearly over great distances. Even in small paintings such as this she conveyed that expansiveness, emphasizing the successive rows of sand hills seen from a somewhat elevated perspective.
Artwork Details
- Title: Near Abiquiu, New Mexico
- Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe (American, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 1887–1986 Santa Fe, New Mexico)
- Date: 1930
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 10 in. × 24 1/8 in. (25.4 × 61.3 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1963
- Object Number: 63.204
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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