What was the title of Georgia O'Keeffe's 1929 painting of a New Mexico cross?

Georgia O'Keeffe's 1929 painting of a New Mexico cross is titled Black Cross, New Mexico. The work presents a stark dark cross against a dramatic southwestern landscape.

O'Keeffe first visited New Mexico in 1929, and the region became a recurring source of subjects and forms throughout her career. She was drawn to crosses, adobe buildings, bones, cliffs, and the intense light of the high desert.

The title is specific: it is not White Cross, New Mexico or a generalized painting called New Mexico Cross. O'Keeffe often used direct titles that identify a subject, a place, or both, which makes the wording of this title especially useful for distinguishing it from related works.

Her New Mexico paintings were not simply travel sketches. She returned repeatedly, eventually maintaining homes and studios there, and incorporated the region into a visual language that also included abstraction and close-up natural forms.