Which New Mexico landmark inspired Georgia O'Keeffe's painting series of a black place?

The Black Place inspired Georgia O'Keeffe's painting series of a black place. It is a dark, eroded landscape near Abiquiú, New Mexico, made distinctive by black hills and sharply cut formations.

O'Keeffe first encountered the area during her travels through northern New Mexico and returned to it as a subject many times. She described the Black Place as a mile-long stretch of badlands and regarded it as one of her favorite places.

The paintings reduce the landscape to sweeping bands, angular ridges, and deep tonal contrasts. They demonstrate how O'Keeffe transformed a specific location into an almost abstract visual structure.

The Black Place is different from the White Place, another New Mexico landscape she painted, and from Pedernal Mountain, which became another recurring subject.