Georgia O'Keeffe. Patio Door with Green Leaf, 1956. Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe), Gift of The Burnett Foundation and The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation. © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. [1997.4.14]
Abstract architectural adobe wall in earth tones that dominates most of the canvas. There is a large door shape in black on the right, and a sliver of blue sky above. Floating mid- canvas is a small greenish-yellow leaf delicately suspended in the color of the adobe.
Along with its large garden served by the acequia (irrigation ditch), O’Keeffe often cited this patio door as one of the primary reasons she wanted to own this adobe hacienda in the village of Abiquiú. When she first encountered the house, in the 1930s, it was in the possession of the Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe and used by the Abiquiú community for gardening and raising livestock. O’Keeffe’s decadelong attempts to negotiate a purchase were finally successful in 1945. O’Keeffe’s companion and assistant, Maria Chabot, coordinated the logistics of the transaction and oversaw the restoration of the property, which was completed in 1949. The patio door became the subject of more than twenty paintings and drawings by O’Keeffe.
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