Painted in 1930, "Near Abiquiu, New Mexico I" sat in the closet for 40 years, with only a single photograph, by O'Keeffe’s husband, Alfred Stieglitz, attesting to its existence. It could fetch upwards of $3 million at auction later this month
Georgia O'Keeffe called the New Mexico high desert "my country," but Pueblo peoples predated her. A more complex view is emerging amid efforts to preserve the land.
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