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Oil on canvas, 30 1/4 x 16 inches
CR No. 933
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Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of the Georgia O’Keeffe Estate, 1987 (1987.312.1)
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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
1937–1938
1986
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
Gerald Peters Gallery
1986–1987
2004–2005
Boise Art Museum
Hunter Museum of American Art
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
Fresno Metropolitan Museum
University of Michigan, Museum of Art
2008–2009
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Norton Museum of Art
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
2012–2014
Montclair Art Museum
Denver Art Museum
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Heard Museum
2016–2017
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)
© New Mexico Museum of Art
Version History
Core fields last updated 8/26/2026
Last verified by current collection Sep 22 2025
Source System ID
8896
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Conservation
Information is from the most recently submitted report, please contact the current owner to verify updated details.Information provided for Access O'Keeffe by New Mexico Museum of Art in 2025.
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.
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)
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.
"Co-polymer Iso and N-butyl methacrylate 2171" (Fine Arts Conservation Laboratories, typed label)
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