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Georgia O'Keeffe
Machu Pichu I, 1957
Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Image: okeeffe_CR1318_machu-pichu-i_786544.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Machu Pichu I, 1957
Oil on canvas, 11 1/8 x 8 inches
CR No. 1318
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.260
Oil on canvas, 11 1/8 x 8 inches
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation
2006.5.260
CR No. 1318

Steep, jagged mountains fill this landscape. The mountain in the foreground has been painted in shades of yellow and green. The peaks in the middle-ground are green, while those in the background are blue. Light, mist-like clouds drift between the peaks.

CR No. 1318

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Machu Pichu I

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977.

Alternate Title

Machu Picchu I

Source of title: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Corrects spelling.

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Estate of the artist, 1986 (Source: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

1044

Other IDs

1318, Catalogue Raisonné