Georgia O’Keeffe and the Carter brings together the Museum’s holdings of paintings and works on paper by one of America’s most influential modern artists. On view for two years, this installation explores for the first time Georgia O’Keeffe’s unique connections to the Carter, alongside photographs, letters, and other materials that illuminate her personal and professional ties to the Museum, including photographs of the artist by Laura Gilpin, Eliot Porter, and Alfred Stieglitz.

This installation dives into O’Keeffe’s formative years in Texas, her enduring connection to the state, and her close friendships with the Museum’s founder, Ruth Carter Stevenson, and first director, Mitchell A. Wilder. The Carter’s connection begins with insight and background from O’Keeffe’s landmark 1966 retrospective, Georgia O’Keeffe: An Exhibition of the Work of the Artist from 1915 to 1966, organized by the Museum. Georgia O’Keeffe at the Carter tells a story only the Carter can tell, one that situates O’Keeffe’s groundbreaking artistic vision within the context of personal relationships that shaped her career and the Carter’s collection.