Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer Audio Exhibition
Georgia O’Keeffe (American, 1887–1986), Skull, Ghost Ranch, 1961–72, chromogenic print, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, 2006.6.1446b
14 3/4 × 11 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (37.5 × 29.8 × 3.5 cm)
Verbal Description
Hello, my name is Nathaniel Stein, the museum’s curator of photography and curator overseeing the Cincinnati presentation of this exhibition. I will be reading the verbal description of Skull, Ghost Ranch in Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer.
Georgia O’Keeffe, an American artist who lived from 1887 to 1986, photographed Skull, Ghost Ranch, between 1961 and 1972. It is a chromogenic print in the collection of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe. The acquisition number is 2006.6.1446b
This color photo, titled Skull, Ghost Ranch, is portrait-oriented and measures 14 and three-quarter inches by 11 and three-quarter inches. In the center of the picture, a large, white cow skull with horns hangs on a medium-pink adobe wall. The head dominates the image, with horns extending to the right and left of the frame. Above the skull, two wooden ceiling beams are visible at the top of the photo.
Label Text
Hello, my name is Nathaniel Stein, the museum’s curator of photography and curator overseeing the Cincinnati presentation of this exhibition. I will be reading the label for Skull, Ghost Ranch in Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer.
Georgia O’Keeffe, an American artist who lived from 1887 to 1986, photographed Skull, Ghost Ranch, between 1961 and 1972. It is a chromogenic print in the collection of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe. The acquisition number is 2006.6.1446b
O’Keeffe shared her photographs with family and friends, often mailing prints with handwritten notes on the back. For the artist, these photographs provided her friends with glimpses of her home and artistic world. Skull, Ghost Ranch was printed multiple times. On the verso of one print, O’Keeffe handwrote to an unknown acquaintance, "Another present this is. It is beside the Studio door. Pretty isn’t it!"