Georgia O'Keeffe’s New Mexico village home was in Abiquiú.
O'Keeffe acquired the Abiquiú house in 1945 after admiring it for years. The property included a distinctive courtyard wall and a door that became an important subject in her paintings. She spent much of each year there after restoring the house and studio.
Abiquiú is different from Ghost Ranch, another New Mexico place closely associated with O'Keeffe. Ghost Ranch supplied dramatic open landscapes, while the Abiquiú property offered an enclosed architectural environment that she could study repeatedly from close range.
The Georgia O'Keeffe Home and Studio is now preserved as a historic site. It reflects her practical working habits, including the way she arranged rooms, furniture, tools, and views. The house is also evidence that her art drew not only on wilderness but on carefully observed everyday structures.