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Georgia O'Keeffe
Taos Pueblo, 1929
Image: okeeffe_CR699_taos-pueblo_794091.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
Taos Pueblo, 1929
Oil on canvas, 24 x 40 inches
CR No. 699
Oil on canvas, 24 x 40 inches
CR No. 699

The adobe buildings and wooden structures of Taos Pueblo rise from tan-colored earth. This beige structure contrasts with a bright blue sky. To the right of the building, mountains and green trees are visible in the distance.

CR No. 699

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Taos Pueblo

Source of title: backing inscription 2, 1939 New York (An American Place) exhibition checklist.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

The Pueblo, Taos

Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946." O'Keeffe reworked this picture in New Mexico after its inclusion in the 1930 exhibition. Backing inscriptions date 1929, 1930. Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks date 1929. Downtown Gallery Archive dates 1929/1934. Dated 1929/1934 on basis of Stieglitz—O'Keeffe correspondence. Pictured in 1930 New York (An American Place) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix 111, figure 33. Titled Taos Pueblo in New York Tribune (February 1930); reproduced and titled The Pueblo – Taos in Creative Art (June 1931). (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible Backing:

  1. "Georgia O'Keeffe / 1929" (black ink)
  2. "Taos Pueblo — 29-30" (graphite)
  3. OK {5star} (graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 3/30/2026

Source System ID

549

Other IDs

699, Catalogue Raisonné