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Oil on canvas, 27 15/16 × 22 1/8 inches
CR No. 1063
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Bequest of Paul and Gabriella Rosenbaum
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Tall, chalky white cliffs stand on either side of the composition, forming a V-shape at its center. The formations are narrow and tall. Horizontal crags run through the cliffs. Behind them, a bright blue sky stretches across the canvas.
CR No. 1063
Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
The White Place in Sun
Source of title: Whitney Archive, Downtown Gallery Archive, Abiquiú Notebooks, backing inscription 2, 1943 New York (An American Place) exhibition checklist.
Alternate Title (1999 Catalogue Raisonné)
White Place in Sun
General Remarks
Whitney Archive indicates, "Exam. at Amer. Place, March 1946.... No signature" [notes backing inscription 2]. O'Keeffe wrote: ". . am still at another painting of the White Place" (O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 24 March 1943). (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Inscriptions
Inscriptions: Stretcher: inaccessible at time of 1999 CR Verso: inaccessible at time of 1999 CR Backing:
- "Georgia O'Keeffe / Abiquiu, NM" (black ink)
- "The White Place in Sun' / New Mexico— 1943 / by Georgia O'Keeffe" (Alfred Stieglitz, Label: printed, An American Place, black ink, Alfred Stieglitz)
- "White Place in Sun —22 x 28" (Andrew Droth, graphite) (Source: Lynes, 1999)
Technique
Oil Painting
Materials
Oil on canvas
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986), New York and New Mexico, then Abiquiú, NM, from 1949; sold to Paul Rosenbaum (1897–1982) and Gabriella Rosenbaum (1905–2000; born Gabriella Kramer), Chicago and Palm Springs, FL, 1969 [documentation in curatorial object file]; by descent to Gabriella Rosenbaum; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2002. (Source: Art Institute of Chicago website, 2025)
© Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Version History
Core fields last updated 8/26/2026
Last verified by current collection
Source System ID
9435
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