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Georgia O'Keeffe
Chama River, Ghost Ranch, 1937
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Chama River, Ghost Ranch, 1937
Oil on canvas, 30 1/4 x 16 inches
CR No. 933
Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of the Georgia O’Keeffe Estate, 1987 (1987.312.1)
Oil on canvas, 30 1/4 x 16 inches
Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of the Georgia O’Keeffe Estate, 1987 (1987.312.1)
CR No. 933

The smooth, pale blue form of the Chama River rushes through the center of the composition, flanked by vibrant green banks. Tan hills dotted with green bushes rise from the banks. A blue mountain is visible in the distance, stretching out below a strip of pale white sky.

CR No. 933

Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

Chama River, Ghost Ranch

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks.

Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)

The Chama Again

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977.

Blue River

Source of title: Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977.

Alternate Title

Chama River, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico

Source of title: New Mexico Museum of Art.

General Remarks

Double entries Abiquiú Notebooks. Not recorded Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive. Abiquiú Notebooks dates 1934. Abiquiú Notebooks after 1977 dates 1935. Dated 1937 on basis of inclusion in 1937–38 New York (An American Place) exhibition and Stieglitz–O'Keeffe correspondence. See cat. nos. 851, 1987, 1990, 1991, 2017–20. (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Inscriptions

Stretcher: inaccessible. Verso: inaccessible. Backing: 1. "Blue River" (Andrew Droth, black crayon) 2. "1935" (unidentified hand, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)

Technique

Oil Painting

Materials

Oil on canvas

Artist until her death in 1986; gift of the Estate to the New Mexico Museum of Art in 1987.
(Source: New Mexico Museum of Art, 2025)

Credits & Rights

© New Mexico Museum of Art

Administrative Information

Version History

Core fields last updated 8/26/2026

Last verified by current collection Sep 22 2025

Source System ID

8896

Other IDs

933, Catalogue Raisonné

Conservation

Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.
REPORT NOTES

Information provided for Access O'Keeffe by New Mexico Museum of Art in 2025.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

Surface: In addition to the condition comments mentioned on 7/12/12; there is a small black mark at the center left in the land portion, several small and minor brown marks at center left in the water, and a series of intermittent abrasions and discoloration along the bottom edge.

Frame: The new frame has intermittent scratches throughout and areas of minor loss at the upper left corner and the lower right corner.

CONDITION NARRATIVE

Label - verso upper right corner: Fine Arts Conservation Laboratories, Inc. // 305 East 47th Street, New York 17, New York // Plaza 3-2090 - William J. Dobbin, Director // This painting has been treated at our laboratory // in _____. It has received a final // surfacing of Co-Polymer ISO and // N-Butyl Methacrylate. // A permanent record of its condition together with // materials and techniques used is preserved and is // available at any time. Kindly refer to our order number 2151. (May 9, 2008)

REPORT NOTES

Published with corresponding artwork entry in Georgia O’Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné (Lynes, 1999), this historical conservation information documents treatment decisions made during the artist’s lifetime. Lynes quotes information found on backing labels, and, when noted, from other sources.

CONDITION NARRATIVE

"Co-polymer Iso and N-butyl methacrylate 2171" (Fine Arts Conservation Laboratories, typed label)