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Oil on board, 13 3/8 x 16 1/8 inches
CR No. 155
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Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of the Georgia O’Keeffe Estate, 1993 (1993.51.1)
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A canyon runs between large, glowing yellow hills with blue ridges. A procession of circular forms lines the bottom of the canyon, winding through the landscape. Red and yellow clouds edged with blue float over the landscape.
CR No. 155
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
No. 21 – Special
Source of title: backing inscription 1.
Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
Special No. 21
Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977.
Alternate Title
Palo Duro Canyon
Source of title: New Mexico Museum of Art.
Selected Exhibition Titles
Special XXI (Palo Duro Canyon)
Inaugural Exhibition, 1997, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe)
General Remarks
Not recorded Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive. Abiquiú Notebooks notes backing inscriptions. Backing inscription 1 and Abiquiú Notebooks date 1916. Completed after August move to Texas. Pictured in 1917 New York (291) Stieglitz installation photograph, see Appendix III, figure 10. See cat. nos. 135–54, 156–62. (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Backing: 1. "From 2nd 291 Exhibition / No 21 – 1916 – / Special" (graphite) 2. OK {5star} (graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on board
2001–2002
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (as O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes: The Artist's Collection)
Milwaukee Art Museum (as O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes: The Artist's Collection)
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (as O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes: The Artist's Collection)
1970–1971
Whitney Museum of American Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Art Institute of Chicago (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
1987–1989
National Gallery of Art (NGA) (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Art Institute of Chicago (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Dallas Museum of Art (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (as Georgia O'Keeffe)
1998
1917
1997–1998
Estate of the artist, 1986
(Source: Lynes, 1999)
© New Mexico Museum of Art
Version History
Core fields last updated 5/5/2026
Last verified by current collection Sep 22 2025
Source System ID
8314
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