Which 1970 museum retrospective helped renew public interest in Georgia O'Keeffe's art?

The Whitney Museum of American Art presented the 1970 retrospective that helped renew public interest in Georgia O'Keeffe's art. The exhibition surveyed her career for a new generation of viewers.

O'Keeffe had already received major recognition, including a Museum of Modern Art retrospective in 1946. The Whitney exhibition nevertheless arrived at an important moment, when interest in American modernism and in women artists was growing.

The 1970 show also contributed to O'Keeffe's renewed public visibility. Her work was discussed not only through its formal qualities but also through her distinctive independence, Southwestern identity, and role in the history of American art.

The Whitney Museum is different from MoMA, which held the earlier 1946 retrospective. Confusing the two museums can lead to mixing up two separate milestones in O'Keeffe's exhibition history.