Georgia O'Keeffe bought a historic home in Abiquiú, New Mexico, in 1945.
The property was a ruined adobe house near the village plaza. O'Keeffe recognized its artistic potential and eventually acquired it after years of trying to obtain the building. Architect Juan Hamilton helped oversee restoration work, and the home became an important base for her later life and practice.
The house included a distinctive door opening onto a courtyard wall. O'Keeffe used that architectural feature as a repeated subject in paintings, turning an ordinary doorway into a carefully framed geometric image. The structure also provided a studio and a setting for organizing her materials.
Abiquiú should be distinguished from Santa Fe, where O'Keeffe later lived and where the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum is located. Her Abiquiú home is preserved as the Georgia O'Keeffe Home and Studio and is now administered by the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.