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Georgia O'Keeffe
Chama River, Ghost Ranch, N. Mex., 1934
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Chama River, Ghost Ranch, N. Mex., 1934
Oil on canvas, 30 x 16 inches
CR No. 851
Oil on canvas, 30 x 16 inches
Collection:Private Collection
CR No. 851

Veins of pale blue water run along a sandy riverbed. The river cuts through rolling brown hills dotted with green and yellow bushes. Blue mountains rise in the distance.

CR No. 851

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Chama River, Ghost Ranch, N. Mex.

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Chama River, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico

Source of title: Whitney Archive.

Chama River, Ghost Ranch

Source of title: Downtown Gallery Archive.

General Remarks

Double entries Downtown Gallery Archive. Whitney Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks date 1935. Downtown Gallery Archive dates 1934. See cat. nos. 933, 1987, 1990, 1991, 2017–20. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Credits & Rights

© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 8/26/2026

Source System ID

568

Other IDs

851, Catalogue Raisonné