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Georgia O'Keeffe
The Mountain, New Mexico, 1931
Courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art.
Image: okeeffe_CR790_the-mountain-new-mexico_858556.jpg
Georgia O'Keeffe
The Mountain, New Mexico, 1931
Oil on canvas, 30 1/16 x 36 1/8 inches
CR No. 790
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase
Oil on canvas, 30 1/16 x 36 1/8 inches
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase
CR No. 790

A large, red mountain with several peaks spreads across the composition. A few green bushes dot the land. Behind the formation, taller, dark blue mountains rise just above it.

CR No. 790

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

The Mountain, New Mexico

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

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

The Mountain – New Mexico

General Remarks

Whitney Archive indicates, "Acquired [Whitney] 2/5/32. Signed [notes inscription].... Note painted 1931." Pictured in 1931–32 New York (An American Place) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix HI, figure 51. Titled Red Hills Near Alcalde — New Mexico by Stieglitz in Abiquiú Notebooks photograph. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible Verso: inaccessible Backing: "O'Keeffe Exhibition— 1932 at /... The Mountain — New Mexico— 1931 / (oil) by Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: handwritten, "An American Place' / 509 Madison Ave —Room 1710 / (S.E. corner 53rd St) — New York", black ink) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

1931‑1932 collection of the artist; 1932 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (sold through Alfred Stieglitz, New York, New York)
(Source: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 5/20/2026

Last verified by current collection Sep 03 2025

Source System ID

565

Other IDs

790, Catalogue Raisonné