1940, Georgia O'Keeffe, Red and Yellow Cliffs -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: In 1940, O'Keeffe purchased a house at Ghost Ranch in the Chama River valley of New Mexico. She spent her summers and falls there, where she painted the breathtaking views, including these immense red, pink, and yellow striated cliffs that rose seven hundred feet behind her house. Dotted with green shrubs, the landscape faithfully reproduces the vibrant colors of the American Southwest. The immensity of these geological outcroppings is emphasized by the tiny patch of blue sky at the top left. Awed by these colorful cliffs, O'Keeffe painted them seven times.
1940, Georgia O'Keeffe, Red and Yellow Cliffs -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: In 1940, O'Keeffe purchased a house at Ghost Ranch in the Chama River valley of New Mexico. She spent her summers and falls there, where she painted the breathtaking views, including these immense red, pink, and yellow striated cliffs that rose seven hundred feet behind her house. Dotted with green shrubs, the landscape faithfully reproduces the vibrant colors of the American Southwest. The immensity of these geological outcroppings is emphasized by the tiny patch of blue sky at the top left. Awed by these colorful cliffs, O'Keeffe painted them seven times.