Desert Minimalism Meets Modern Icons in Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico Legacy
Georgia O’Keeffe’s adobe retreat in Abiquiú wasn’t just a home—it was a living gallery where desert bones mingled with modernist classics. This May, Herman Miller channels that unique blend with a furniture collection echoing O’Keeffe’s New Mexico sanctuary. Each piece nods to her friendships with design legends: the Eameses, who gifted her a low-slung chair she adored, and Alexander Girard, whose snake motif slithered into her interiors. The revived Eames Wire Chair Low Base, now dressed in Girard’s ochre-striped textile, resurrects a one-of-a-kind prototype once reserved for O’Keeffe herself. Alongside it, the Girard Snake Table finally brings a long-dormant sketch to life, its enamel top swirling with black serpentine lines. These limited editions don’t just furnish a room—they invite a dialogue between art, place, and the creative kinships that shaped American modernism. Sometimes, the soul of a landscape finds its way into the curve of a chair.
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