What was the title of Georgia O'Keeffe's 1929 painting featuring the tree called the Lawrence Tree?

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Georgia O'Keeffe's 1929 painting featuring the tree called the Lawrence Tree is titled The Lawrence Tree.

The painting shows a dark tree trunk and branches viewed from below, with stars visible through the openings in the canopy. O'Keeffe made it after visiting the D. H. Lawrence ranch near Taos, New Mexico, and the tree became associated with the novelist and poet’s former property.

O'Keeffe spent part of her early New Mexico visits at the ranch of Mabel Dodge Luhan and encountered the landscapes and communities around Taos. The region encouraged her to explore unusual viewpoints, including looking upward through trees rather than presenting a conventional landscape horizon.

The title is sometimes confused with O'Keeffe's other New Mexico works, such as The Black Place or paintings of adobe buildings. The Lawrence Tree is specifically the star-filled, upward-looking tree composition.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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