Georgia O'Keeffe, 1918, printed 1924/1937

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Remarks

In the background of this photograph and Key Set numbers 491 and 493 is an untitled charcoal drawing by O’Keeffe, known only through these photographs (see Lynes, p. 1101, no. 14).

The dates for this image and Key Set numbers 491 and 493 are based on similarities of pose and composition to other photographs dated 1918.

Stieglitz Collections

A corresponding print was given to the following institution(s) by Alfred Stieglitz during his lifetime, or was received or acquired from the estate:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997.61.8

Inscription

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, lower right, in graphite: G1; center left: Very good

by Georgia O'Keeffe, lower left verso, in graphite: OK 28E

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1980.

Exhibition History

2009

Georgia O'Keeffe and Abstraction, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, 2009–2010

2016

Georgia O'Keeffe, Tate Modern, London, July 6–October 30, 2016; Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna, December 7, 2016–March 26, 2017; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, April 22–July 30, 2017

Bibliography

1991

Peters, Sarah Whitaker. Becoming O'Keeffe: The Early Years. New York, 1991: pl. 62.

2002

Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 492.

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