Georgia O'Keeffe's New Mexico home in an abandoned adobe hacienda was her Abiquiú house.
O'Keeffe acquired the Abiquiú property in 1945 and renovated it before moving in permanently in 1949. The house had an adobe courtyard and a famous black door, which she painted repeatedly as an example of finding a compelling abstract design in architecture.
The Abiquiú house differed from Ghost Ranch, where O'Keeffe also lived and worked. Ghost Ranch was a dramatic landscape north of Abiquiú, while the Abiquiú property was a village home that became an important private studio and residence.
Today the Georgia O'Keeffe Home and Studio is preserved as a historic site. Its rooms, courtyard, and surrounding landscape help explain how architecture and place entered O'Keeffe's compositions.