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Georgia O'Keeffe's Homes in Northern New Mexico

Georgia O’Keeffe maintained two homes in Northern New Mexico. Her summer house, twelve miles from Abiquiú, sits on 12 acres at the edge of a 21,000-acre property called Ghost Ranch. Though breathtakingly situated, O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch home was not suitable for her to live in year-round. O’Keeffe purchased a larger home, in the village of Abiquiú, for its well-irrigated garden and the comfort it offered in winter.

The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum owns and maintains both houses.

Select a property below for information and resources related to that home.

Ghost Ranch

Abiquiú

Georgia O'Keeffe's Abiquiu home, exterior.

"O'Keeffe Country"

The term “O’Keeffe Country” is used in some sources to describe the area of northern New Mexico where Georgia O’Keeffe lived and painted. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum no longer supports the use of this term. Learn more with the resources below.

O’Keeffe Museum, Pueblo-Indigenous groups oppose NM Tourism Dept. video SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Tourism Department recently announced they’re going to refresh their ‘New Mexico True’ brand, aimed at bringing tourists back to the state. However, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, along with Pueblo and Indigenous groups said part of the campaign is offensive.
This is Not O'Keeffe Country The term “O’Keeffe Country” has been used to describe the area of northern New Mexico where Georgia O’Keeffe lived and painted, however, her presence was only a part of the larger human story that unfolded in this area over thousands of years.
Visual Violence in the Land of Enchantment / by Patricia Marroquin Norby Drawing upon Indigenous concepts of memory and place, this dissertation draws out the interconnections between art, land, and law, and the political and intercultural tensions that are visually and materially present in the artwork of Tonita Peña, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Helen Hardin, three artists who painted throughout the twentieth century (1900-1986) in northern New Mexico. All three artists are women, and all three women visually and verbally expressed powerful personal connections to the land and landscape of the northern Rio Grande region.