The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Collection
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, opened to the public in July 1997, with the goals of honoring and perpetuating Georgia O’Keeffe’s (1887 – 1986) artistic legacy and exploring her role in the development of the art of her time. When the Museum opened, its collection of 116 works included 94 by O’Keeffe, the largest group of works by the artist in any museum in the world. In the last 10 years, the collection has grown steadily with the extraordinary help and continuing generosity of The Burnett Foundation as well as the support of many individual donors, whose gifts include works by O’Keeffe as well as works by a number of her contemporaries.
In 2006, the collection expanded dramatically when The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation transferred its remaining artworks to the Museum. This included 981 works by O’Keeffe: 163 finished paintings, drawings, and sculptures; 669 sketches; and 149 photographs by O’Keeffe. It also included 1,770 photographs by various professional photographers – of O’Keeffe, important events in her life, her animals and friends, New Mexico houses, and the subjects she painted. The Museum’s collection now includes 2,989 works: 1,149 by O’Keeffe, and 1,840 by other artists.
The Museum’s archival collections also have grown substantially since 1997 and are housed at its Research Center. In 1999, the Museum received a gift from Juan and Anna Marie Hamilton of the tangible, person property that was owned by O’Keeffe at the time of her death. These materials include, among other things, the library from O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch house, her art materials, her clothes, and the collections of found objects that she often made the subject of her work. In addition, the Museum has received the archive of the distinguished scholar William Innes Homer; the papers of O’Keeffe’s friend Maria Chabot; more than 600 original O’Keeffe letters; and the extensive archive of materials included in the transfer of assets from The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation.
ABSTRACTION
ARCHITECTURE
NATURAL AND STILL LIFE FORMS
LANDSCAPE
TREES
OTHER WORKS
ONLINE ARCHIVES
In 2006, the collection expanded dramatically when The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation transferred its remaining artworks to the Museum. This included 981 works by O’Keeffe: 163 finished paintings, drawings, and sculptures; 669 sketches; and 149 photographs by O’Keeffe. It also included 1,770 photographs by various professional photographers – of O’Keeffe, important events in her life, her animals and friends, New Mexico houses, and the subjects she painted. The Museum’s collection now includes 2,989 works: 1,149 by O’Keeffe, and 1,840 by other artists.
The Museum’s archival collections also have grown substantially since 1997 and are housed at its Research Center. In 1999, the Museum received a gift from Juan and Anna Marie Hamilton of the tangible, person property that was owned by O’Keeffe at the time of her death. These materials include, among other things, the library from O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch house, her art materials, her clothes, and the collections of found objects that she often made the subject of her work. In addition, the Museum has received the archive of the distinguished scholar William Innes Homer; the papers of O’Keeffe’s friend Maria Chabot; more than 600 original O’Keeffe letters; and the extensive archive of materials included in the transfer of assets from The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation.
ABSTRACTION
ARCHITECTURE
NATURAL AND STILL LIFE FORMS
LANDSCAPE
TREES
OTHER WORKS
ONLINE ARCHIVES
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