Distant Mountain

07/15/2023

For the Georgia's O'Keeffe Museum's "Making a Life" and "Around the World with O'Keeffe" exhibits, Distant Mountain has curated a special collection of kimonos that reflect her personal style, available for purchase at the museum shops in Santa Fe and Abiquiu.

Georgia O’Keeffe visiting the Sheikh Lutfallah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran, in 1959.

The mid-20th century witnessed the dawn of modern commercial aviation. With this increased access to international travel, O'Keeffe began globe-trotting in the late 1950s and early 1960s, visiting almost 50 countries across nearly every continent.

Learn more about O’Keeffe’s travels through objects she collected in the Museum’s latest exhibit, ‘Around the World with O’Keeffe,’ open only at the O'Keeffe Welcome Center in Abiquiú.

🔎 Free and open to the public, plan your visit to the O’Keeffe Welcome Center in Abiquiú: https://ow.ly/vh7O50P5zEj



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Unknown photographer. Georgia O'Keeffe at Friday Mosque, Esfahan, 1959. photographic print. Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation Photographs. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation.

07/15/2023

Georgia's O'keeffe owned several kimonos and wore them frequently, particularly haori, the short outer kimono. For the "Making a Life" and "Around the World with O'Keeffe" exhibits, Distant Mountain has curated a special collection of kimonos that reflect her personal style, available for purchase at the Museum Shops in Santa Fe and Abiquiu.

07/15/2023

Several special obis featuring luminescent shell inlay and gold are available for purchase at the Portland Japanese Garden's Behind the Shoji event through September 5th. Check out my Instagram page for additional examples of the Distant Mountain collection.

05/17/2021

I'm happy to see this topic explored.

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Love this.

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