Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation records circa 1950-2006 1986-2006

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Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation records, circa 1950-2006, 1986-2006

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Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation records circa 1950-2006 1986-2006

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http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.okeeffefndn

Abstract

The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation Records document the activities of the foundation during its nearly two-decade existence, including the administration and distribution of Georgia O'Keeffe's physical and financial assets, the management of her intellectual property rights, and the publication of a catalogue raisonné of her work, among other accomplishments. The records cover the foundation's relationships with a variety of museums, galleries, collectors, publishers, and exhibition organizers, as well as with art historians, artists, authors, biographers, conservators, photographers, and the general public, and with its own financial and legal advisors. Also included in Series I are photocopied sets of letters to O'Keeffe from her friends Mangus (Mike) Harding, Ruth Carter Johnson, and Caroline Keck.

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109 linear feet (87 boxes)

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eng,

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349589

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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