What is the most collectible Georgia O'Keeffe book?

The 1976 Viking Press Georgia O'Keeffe monograph / autobiography. This is the single most-asked-for O'Keeffe book in the entire collectible market — her only first-person book, published when she was 89 years old. The book is a large-folio format (approximately 12.5" × 12.5"), printed on premium paper with color and black-and-white reproductions of her paintings and photographs. It's a substantial object. Unlike exhibition catalogs or art-historical monographs written by others, this is Georgia O'Keeffe speaking in her own voice about her life, her work, and her philosophy.

How do I identify a 1976 Viking Press Georgia O'Keeffe autobiography?

Six-point check: (1) Viking Press imprint on title page and spine — not a later printing or reissue. (2) Copyright page states 1976 with no later-printing notation or international edition language. (3) The book is large-folio format, oversize (approximately 12.5" × 12.5"). Later printings and budget reprints are smaller. The oversize format is a first-edition marker.

What is the 1974 Atlantis Editions Some Memories of Drawings?

Some Memories of Drawings is a 1974 limited signed edition published by Atlantis Editions in Albuquerque — a direct hit covered on this site because Atlantis Editions was an Albuquerque-based fine-press publisher. The book was edited by Doris Bry, O'Keeffe's longtime assistant and archivist. It contains facsimile reproductions of O'Keeffe's own drawings (hand-drawn and reproduced as facsimiles, not printed from plates), paired with short autobiographical texts in O'Keeffe's own writing. The book was issued in a small limited edition with a signed limitation page — each copy is numbered and signed by O'Keeffe. The original publisher's slipcase is the mark of a fine copy.

What is Ghost Ranch provenance and why does it matter?

Ghost Ranch is now operated by the Presbyterian Church USA as an education and retreat center. O'Keeffe first visited Ghost Ranch (then the U-Bar Ranch) in 1934, renting a small house on the property. She fell in love with the landscape — the red hills, the mesas, the desert light — and returned every summer. In 1940, she purchased a house at Ghost Ranch and maintained it as her summer residence until 1984, shortly before her death. She spent approximately 44 summers at Ghost Ranch.

What is the Abiquiu house and why is Abiquiu provenance significant?

In 1945, Georgia O'Keeffe purchased an old ruined hacienda compound in the village of Abiquiu (about 15 miles south of Ghost Ranch). Over many years, she carefully restored the hacienda, creating a private residence and studio space. From 1946 onward, O'Keeffe split her time between Ghost Ranch (summer) and Abiquiu (winter). The Abiquiu compound became her primary residence and studio from about 1950 until her death in 1986. The house is now operated by the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum as a historic house museum.

What was O'Keeffe's connection to Mabel Dodge Luhan and Taos?

Georgia O'Keeffe first visited the Southwest in the summer of 1929 as a guest of Mabel Dodge Luhan at Los Gallos, Luhan's famous Taos compound. O'Keeffe spent that summer painting Taos landscapes and the Ranchos de Taos church. This is documented in O'Keeffe's letters at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center. The 1929 Taos visit was her first extended exposure to New Mexico landscapes and Pueblo cultures. The following year, in 1930, she spent time at Ghost Ranch (then the U-Bar Ranch), which led to her purchasing a house there in 1940.

What is the Georgia O'Keeffe signature status and authentication process?

Georgia O'Keeffe died on March 6, 1986, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at age 98. The signing pool closed that day — a 40-year closed pool as of 2026. Her hand was flowing with distinctive capital 'G' and 'O' loop-throughs, particularly visible on the 1976 Viking Press autobiography signing tour. Her signature evolved over her lifetime: earlier signatures were more formal, while later signatures (1970s-1980s) were more spare and angular. Signed O'Keeffe books are not common.

1887–1986 • Taos 1929 • Ghost Ranch 1934 • Abiquiu 1945 • Viking Press 1976 Autobiography • Georgia O'Keeffe Museum • Closed Signing Pool 40 Years

Selling Georgia O'Keeffe Books in Albuquerque

The 1976 Viking Press Georgia O'Keeffe autobiography (oversize first-person monograph, rare signed copies, the single most-asked-for O'Keeffe book). The 1974 Atlantis Editions Some Memories of Drawings limited signed edition (Albuquerque publisher, slipcase, facsimile drawings, Doris Bry edited). Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center 1934 first visit, summer residencies 1930s-1984. Abiquiu hacienda compound 1945 purchase and restoration, primary residence 1946-1986. Stieglitz circle cross-collectibles and pre-WWII American modernism. Mabel Dodge Luhan Los Gallos 1929 Taos summer hosting at the beginning of the Ghost Ranch era. Closed 40-year signing pool and Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center authentication. Plain-language identification for Albuquerque and northern New Mexico estate libraries.

Text photos to 702-496-4214 Read the guide

Georgia O'Keeffe was born on November 15, 1887, in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. She studied at the Art Students League in New York (1907-1908), taught painting in Amarillo, Texas (1912-1914) and Columbia, South Carolina (1915-1916), and in 1916 met photographer Alfred Stieglitz, who became her mentor, supporter, and eventually her husband. She maintained a studio in New York (1918-1929), exhibiting regularly through Stieglitz's galleries. In the summer of 1929, at age 41, she made her first visit to the Southwest as a guest of Mabel Dodge Luhan at Los Gallos in Taos. She spent that summer painting Taos landscapes and the Ranchos de Taos church. She returned to Ghost Ranch (then the U-Bar Ranch) in 1934, falling in love with the red-hill landscape. In 1940, she purchased a house at Ghost Ranch and maintained it as a summer residence for forty-four summers. In 1945, she purchased and began restoring a ruined hacienda in Abiquiu, making it her primary winter residence. From 1946 onward, she split residency between Ghost Ranch (May-October) and Abiquiu (November-April). She married Alfred Stieglitz in 1924, and he died in 1946 — the same year her dual-residence pattern began. She died in Santa Fe on March 6, 1986, at age 98, having become the most iconic American modernist painter of the twentieth century and the soul of the New Mexico landscape.

The Georgia O'Keeffe shelf in a serious Santa Fe, Taos, or Northern New Mexico estate almost always signals a collector who understands American modernism, pre-WWII photography and art movements, and the Southwest as a landscape that shaped 20th-century American culture. Unlike visiting artists who came to the Southwest and left, O'Keeffe stayed. She embedded herself in the Ghost Ranch landscape and the Abiquiu community. She became the painter who gave visual form to the New Mexico desert in the consciousness of millions.

The 1976 Viking Press autobiography is her only first-person book — a rare object in her entire oeuvre. Any signed copy is an item I drop what I'm doing to look at.

What I'm looking for

Last verified May 2026 · Original research by Josh Eldred

The five things that make an O'Keeffe collection matter

First: The 1976 Viking Press Georgia O'Keeffe autobiography in oversize folio format, with the original unclipped dust jacket. This is the O'Keeffe grail — the only first-person book she published, signed during the 1976 tour. Any signed copy is significant. The unsigned 1976 Viking Press first in fine condition remains a premium collectible.

Second: The 1974 Atlantis Editions (Albuquerque) Some Memories of Drawings limited signed edition in the original slipcase. This is a fine-press masterpiece covered on this site and carries substantial value in both O'Keeffe and American art-book markets.

Third: Ghost Ranch or Abiquiu inscription provenance — any O'Keeffe book inscribed from Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, or with place-specific address lines. Direct connection to her creative centers carries premium value.

Fourth: Stieglitz circle cross-collectibles. Books on the same shelf as O'Keeffe — Camera Work facsimiles (1969), Alfred Stieglitz: American Seer (1973), Paul Strand monographs, Ansel Adams Taos Pueblo (1930) — signal intentional American modernist art collection engagement.

And fifth: Any O'Keeffe monograph or limited edition from UNM Press, or any major museum exhibition catalog from the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. UNM Press publications and Museum-sanctioned catalogs directly covered on this site and cross-link to the regional publishing and cultural institution ecosystems.

What's on this page

Georgia O'Keeffe biography — Sun Prairie Wisconsin, Stieglitz relationship and marriage 1924, 1929 Taos visit at Los Gallos, 1934 Ghost Ranch first visit, 1940 Ghost Ranch house purchase, 1945 Abiquiu compound purchase and restoration, closed 1986 pool
The 1976 Viking Press Georgia O'Keeffe autobiography — the single most-asked-for O'Keeffe book, oversize folio, first-person, rare signing, 6-point identification check
The 1974 Atlantis Editions Some Memories of Drawings — limited signed edition, Albuquerque fine-press publisher, Doris Bry edited, facsimile drawings, slipcase
Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center — 1934 first visit, summer residencies 1930s-1984, Presbyterian Church USA operations, provenance authentication
Abiquiu hacienda compound — 1945 purchase, restoration, primary residence 1946-1986, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum historic house museum operations
Stieglitz circle cross-collectibles — Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Work facsimiles, Paul Strand, Ansel Adams, pre-WWII American modernism, same-shelf signal of intentional art collection
Mabel Dodge Luhan Los Gallos 1929 summer hosting — beginning of O'Keeffe's Taos-Santa Fe engagement, Pueblo cultures and landscape immersion
Signature authentication and the closed 1986 pool — 40-year closed pool as of 2026, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center reference, three authentication risks
Your next step — send me photos

Section 1 • The artist

Georgia O'Keeffe — 1887-1986

Georgia Totto O'Keeffe was born on November 15, 1887, in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, to a middle-class farming family. She grew up in the rural Midwest and developed an early passion for drawing. She attended the Art Students League in New York (1907-1908), studying traditional academic painting. She worked as a high school art teacher in Amarillo, Texas (1912-1914) and Columbia, South Carolina (1915-1916). In 1916, at age 28, she moved to New York and began exhibiting her abstract charcoal drawings through the photographer Alfred Stieglitz's pioneering galleries. Stieglitz, who was 23 years her senior, became her mentor, supporter, promoter, and romantic partner. They married in 1924 when she was 36 years old. Throughout the 1920s and early 1930s, O'Keeffe developed her distinctive modernist painting style — bold abstractions, magnified flowers, New York cityscapes, and her groundbreaking approach to color and form. Stieglitz photographed her extensively (over 500 photographs), creating an intimate visual archive of her life and artistic development.

The Southwest arrival: In the summer of 1929, at age 41, O'Keeffe made her first extended visit to the American Southwest as a guest of the cultural patron Mabel Dodge Luhan at Los Gallos in Taos. She spent the summer painting Taos landscapes — the mountains, the mesas, the Ranchos de Taos church — which became iconic subjects in her mature work. The Southwest landscape captured her imagination in a way that neither the Midwest nor New York had. In 1934, she visited Ghost Ranch (then the U-Bar Ranch) near Abiquiu, about 70 miles north of Santa Fe. The red hills and mesas of Ghost Ranch became her obsession. In 1940, at age 52, she purchased a house at Ghost Ranch and began spending every summer there, eventually spending forty-four summers at the ranch over the next forty-four years (1940-1984).

Abiquiu and dual residence: In 1945, at age 57, O'Keeffe purchased an old, partially ruined hacienda in the village of Abiquiu (about 15 miles south of Ghost Ranch). She spent many years carefully restoring the compound, creating a private residence and studio space. By 1946, the year that Alfred Stieglitz died, O'Keeffe established a dual-residence pattern: Ghost Ranch from May through October (summer and early fall), and Abiquiu from November through April (winter and spring). This pattern persisted for forty years, from 1946 until her death in 1986. The Abiquiu compound became her primary residence and creative center, where she produced much of her late-career work. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe now operates the Abiquiu house as a historic house museum, preserving her studio spaces and the compound she spent her final four decades developing.

Legacy and the closed signing pool: Georgia O'Keeffe died on March 6, 1986, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at age 98. She had become the most iconic American modernist painter of the twentieth century. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum was established in Santa Fe in 1997 (eleven years after her death) to preserve and advance her legacy. The signing pool closed on March 6, 1986 — a 40-year closed pool as of 2026, making O'Keeffe a significant figure for book and manuscript authentication work. Any claimed signed O'Keeffe book requires verification through the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center.

Section 2 • The autobiography

The 1976 Viking Press Georgia O'Keeffe autobiography

This is the single most-asked-for Georgia O'Keeffe book in the entire collectible market. Georgia O'Keeffe (1976, Viking Press) is her only first-person book — a monograph/autobiography published when she was 89 years old. In this large-folio format (approximately 12.5" × 12.5"), O'Keeffe writes in her own voice about her life, her artistic development, her philosophy of painting, and her relationship to landscape. The book contains color and black-and-white reproductions of her paintings paired with her text, creating a visual-verbal autobiography. The oversize format, the premium paper, and the full reproduction run make this a substantial physical object. This was published during a major career retrospective period in the mid-1970s, and O'Keeffe did a limited signing tour. However, by the mid-1970s, she was in her late 80s and her public appearances were rare. Any signed copy of the 1976 Viking Press autobiography is an item I drop what I'm doing to look at. The 1976 Viking Press first edition, unsigned but in fine condition with an intact unclipped dust jacket, remains a premium collectible for American modernist art collectors, museum libraries, and O'Keeffe scholars.

Here is the 6-point check I run when a copy of the 1976 Viking Press Georgia O'Keeffe comes across the sort table:

Viking Press imprint on title page and spine. The book must read "Viking Press" on the title page and spine, not a later publisher, reprint, or international edition. The Viking Press imprint is the anchor identifier.
Copyright page — 1976, no later-printing notation. The copyright page should state 1976 with no language indicating a later printing, book-club edition, or reissue. Reprints often include printing-number lines or reprint notation.
Oversize folio format — approximately 12.5" × 12.5". The book should be large-folio, substantially oversize. Later printings and budget reprints are smaller. The oversize format is a first-edition marker and essential to the book's identity as O'Keeffe intended it.
Color and black-and-white reproductions throughout the text. The 1976 first should contain the full original reproduction run — color plates of O'Keeffe paintings paired with text throughout. Later printings often reduce or limit the color plates.
Original decorated boards or cloth binding with dust jacket. The book should have period-appropriate hardcover binding in publisher boards or cloth. The dust jacket should be intact with unclipped price flap. Check the dust jacket for rips, tears, or water damage.
Clean paper and typography reflecting 1976 Viking Press standards. The paper should not be yellowed, foxed, or water-damaged. Typography and production quality should reflect 1976 Viking Press manufacturing. Any "O'Keeffe cracking" (the tendency of the oversize format to crack along the spine from improper storage) reduces value.

What to photograph before you call: The title page showing Viking Press imprint, the copyright page in full showing 1976 with no reprint notation, a page showing a color plate with text, the dust jacket front and back covers, the dust jacket front and back flaps (showing price if unclipped), and the spine. If the book is signed, photograph the signature clearly. Those photos decide the 1976 Viking Press first identification and any signature claims.

Section 3 • Limited edition

The 1974 Atlantis Editions Some Memories of Drawings — Limited signed edition

Some Memories of Drawings (1974, Atlantis Editions) is a limited signed edition published by Atlantis Editions in Albuquerque — a direct hit covered on this site, as Atlantis Editions was a fine-press publisher based in Albuquerque during the 1970s. The book was edited by Doris Bry, who was O'Keeffe's longtime assistant and archivist. The book features facsimile reproductions of O'Keeffe's own drawings (not paintings, but her sketch-work and preliminary drawings), paired with short autobiographical texts written by O'Keeffe herself. The facsimiles capture her hand and thinking in a more intimate way than reproduction of finished paintings. The book was issued in a limited edition with a signed limitation page — each copy is numbered and signed by Georgia O'Keeffe. The original publisher's slipcase is the mark of a fine copy. The facsimile drawings are tipped-in (glued individually into the binding), not printed into the pages, making condition critical. Any water damage, loss of tipped-in plates, or damage to the binding significantly reduces value.

First-edition identification: Atlantis Editions imprint on title page, 1974 copyright, signed limitation page present, facsimile drawings tipped-in (verify by looking at pages — tipped-in plates are glued and can be felt slightly proud of the page surface), original publisher's slipcase if possible. A fine copy with intact slipcase, all plates present, and no water damage is a major find. The 1974 Atlantis Editions limited signed edition is rarer than the 1976 Viking Press autobiography and carries substantial collector value in both American modernist art and fine-press markets.

Section 4 • Summer site

Ghost Ranch — First visit 1934, residency 1940-1984

Ghost Ranch is now operated by the Presbyterian Church USA as an education and retreat center. O'Keeffe first visited Ghost Ranch (then called the U-Bar Ranch) in 1934 at age 46. She fell in love with the landscape — the red hills, the eroded mesas, the stark beauty of the northern New Mexico desert. She returned to Ghost Ranch every summer thereafter. In 1940, at age 52, she purchased a house on the ranch and maintained it as her summer residence for forty-four summers (1940-1984). The Ghost Ranch site holds crucial documentation of her presence, residency, and creative work during the mid-twentieth century.

Any O'Keeffe book inscribed from Ghost Ranch, or with a Ghost Ranch address line or date notation, carries significant provenance value. Books from the 1934-1945 period when Ghost Ranch was new to her, or from the mid-century decades when she was actively using the site as her primary studio, signal direct connection to one of her most important creative locations. The Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center can be contacted to verify Ghost Ranch association and O'Keeffe provenance for authenticated historical research.

Section 5 • Primary residence

Abiquiu — Purchase 1945, restoration, primary residence 1946-1986

In 1945, at age 57, Georgia O'Keeffe purchased an old, partially ruined hacienda compound in the village of Abiquiu (about 15 miles south of Ghost Ranch). The hacienda had fallen into disrepair over many years. Over the next four decades, O'Keeffe carefully restored the compound, creating private studio spaces, living quarters, and a distinctive dwelling that reflected her artistic vision. Beginning in 1946, the year Alfred Stieglitz died, O'Keeffe established a dual-residence pattern: Ghost Ranch from May-October, and Abiquiu from November-April. This split residency persisted until her death in 1986. The Abiquiu compound became her primary creative center and the site where she produced much of her late-career work.

The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (based in Santa Fe) now operates the Abiquiu compound as a historic house museum, preserving O'Keeffe's studio spaces and the compound as she left it. Any O'Keeffe book inscribed from Abiquiu, or with an Abiquiu address line or place notation, carries provenance significance. Books from the 1945-1986 Abiquiu period represent direct connection to her primary creative residence during her final four decades. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center can verify Abiquiu provenance and provide authentication context for books associated with the house.

Section 6 • Cross-collectible

The Stieglitz circle — American modernist photographers and pre-WWII art movement

Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a pioneering photographer and art promoter who married Georgia O'Keeffe in 1924. Over the course of their marriage, Stieglitz created more than 500 photographs of O'Keeffe — the most intimate and extensive photographic archive of any artist in American history. Beyond his photographs of O'Keeffe, Stieglitz founded and edited Camera Work (a groundbreaking art journal and publication platform), exhibited avant-garde artists and photographers, and promoted modernism in American visual culture. He was the gatekeeping force behind early-career recognition of many now-canonical American photographers and painters.

Books on the same serious Southwest modernist art shelf as Georgia O'Keeffe often include: Camera Work facsimile reprints (Kraus reprint 1969, the complete facsimile of the original journal), Alfred Stieglitz: American Seer (1973), monographs on Paul Strand (a major Stieglitz circle photographer and collaborator), and Ansel Adams works, particularly the 1930 Taos Pueblo limited edition with Mary Hunter Austin text (Adams was a student and admirer of Stieglitz's photographic philosophy). The Stieglitz group of photographers — Stieglitz himself, Paul Strand, Ansel Adams, and other associated artists — represents the pre-WWII American modernist movement. Presence of Stieglitz-circle works on the same shelf as O'Keeffe signals intentional American modernist art collection engagement and serious scholarship.

Section 7 • Taos connection

Mabel Dodge Luhan and Los Gallos — 1929 Taos summer hosting

Georgia O'Keeffe's first visit to the American Southwest was in the summer of 1929, when she was invited as a guest of Mabel Dodge Luhan at Los Gallos, Luhan's famous Taos compound. During that summer, O'Keeffe painted extensively — Taos landscapes, the Ranchos de Taos church, mountain views, and studies of the northern New Mexico terrain. This 1929 visit was documented in letters now held at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center. The experience of the Southwest landscape and Pueblo cultures fundamentally changed O'Keeffe's artistic direction. The following year, in 1930, she spent time at Ghost Ranch (then the U-Bar Ranch), which led to her purchasing a house there in 1940. The 1929 Los Gallos summer marks the beginning of O'Keeffe's lifelong engagement with the New Mexico landscape.

Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879-1962) was a cultural catalyst, arts patron, and essayist who hosted writers, artists, and intellectuals at Los Gallos throughout the 1920s-1960s. She was a central figure in the Taos artistic and literary circle. Any O'Keeffe book with Los Gallos provenance, a Taos connection, or an inscription to Mabel Dodge Luhan carries strong association value and signals the broader Taos-Santa Fe literary and artistic network of the mid-twentieth century.

Section 8 • Authentication

Signature authentication and the closed 1986 pool

Georgia O'Keeffe signed books throughout her life, particularly during her New Mexico years. Her handwriting is distinctive — a flowing hand with characteristic capital 'G' and 'O' loop-throughs and a deliberate, graceful signature. She died on March 6, 1986, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at age 98. The signing pool closed that day — a 40-year closed pool as of 2026. The 1976 Viking Press autobiography signing tour was one of the last major public signing opportunities before her health declined significantly. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center in Santa Fe is the primary authentication archive, with access to her correspondence, photographs, and verified signatures. Any high-value claimed signed O'Keeffe book should be authenticated through the Museum Research Center before listing as a significant piece.

Signed O'Keeffe books are not common. The rarity of her signature combined with the 40-year closed pool makes any claimed signed O'Keeffe first a significant discovery. Contact the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center in Santa Fe for handwriting comparison and authentication verification.

What an authentic Georgia O'Keeffe signature looks like

Fountain pen or ballpoint ink — blue or black. O'Keeffe's signatures are typically in ink, reflecting her formal writing practice.
"Georgia O'Keeffe" — a flowing, distinctive signature with graceful capital 'G' and 'O' loop-throughs and a deliberate hand.
Often with a place/date line: "Ghost Ranch" or "Abiquiu" or "Santa Fe, 1975" or simply a date. O'Keeffe frequently added place context to reflect her location and identity.
Usually inscribed to a specific person: "For [Name], Georgia O'Keeffe" or "To [Name], with best wishes, Georgia O'Keeffe." Inscribed copies carry higher value than generic signatures.
Typically on the half-title page or title page — the standard location for formal literary signatures and inscriptions.
Any inscribed copy to a named art-world figure, photographer, or individual with documented association to Stieglitz, Ghost Ranch, or Abiquiu carries exceptional association value.

Signature authentication risks and warnings

Facsimile signatures in later Viking printings. Some posthumous reprintings of the 1976 Viking Press autobiography were produced with printed signature facsimiles on the title page or cover. Under magnification, facsimile signatures show uniform ink density and perfect reproduction. Real pen strokes vary in pressure and ink absorption. Magnify any claimed signature and compare to authenticated examples at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center.
Tipped-in signed bookplate or signature plate. A signed O'Keeffe bookplate or printed page glued into a book is real signature on paper, but it's not a directly signed copy and carries significantly less value. Always disclose tipped-in inserts separately from directly signed copies.
Outright forgery. Expert authentication for any high-value claimed-signed O'Keeffe first edition is essential, particularly for first editions from the 1976 Viking Press autobiography. Contact the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center in Santa Fe, or request a formal authentication consultation before listing any claimed signed piece as significant.

Section 9 • Next step

Your next step — send me photos

If you have Georgia O'Keeffe books in your collection — or you've found them in a Santa Fe, Taos, or Northern New Mexico estate library — here's the fastest path:

Take clear photos of the title page (showing imprint), the copyright page (full page visible), the dust jacket front cover and back cover, the front and back flaps (showing price if unclipped), and the spine. For the 1976 Viking Press, photograph a page showing a color plate to confirm the reproduction quality. If the book is signed, photograph the signature clearly. For the 1974 Atlantis Editions, photograph the limitation page and verify a tipped-in facsimile drawing is present.
Text those photos to 702-496-4214 with a brief note: the title, the publisher, any visible publication date, whether there's a dust jacket, whether it's signed, and the format size. That's all I need to evaluate.
I'll respond with a preliminary assessment. If it's a first edition O'Keeffe in collectible condition, I'll make a cash offer or direct you to the right collector, museum, or authentication specialist for verification and sale.

The 1976 Viking Press Georgia O'Keeffe autobiography in oversize folio with an unclipped dust jacket is the highest-value target. Any signed copy is an immediate phone call. But the 1974 Atlantis Editions (Albuquerque) Some Memories of Drawings limited edition is rare and carries substantial value in American fine-press and modernist art markets. Ghost Ranch or Abiquiu-inscribed books, or books with place-specific provenance, carry significant association premiums. Any O'Keeffe monograph from UNM Press or a major museum exhibition catalog carries meaningful value. Don't assume it's not valuable just because it's not the most famous title — limited editions, first editions in original jacket, signed copies, or books with Ghost Ranch / Abiquiu provenance all carry substantial market value in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico art and literary circles.

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