Georgia O'Keeffe—Hands
1917
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Artwork overview
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Medium
silver-platinum print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 21.6 x 17.2 cm (8 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)
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Accession
1980.70.4
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Stieglitz Estate Number
OK 19A
Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition
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Key Set Number
460
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1980.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1991
Peters, Sarah Whitaker. Becoming O'Keeffe: The Early Years. New York, 1991: pl. 64.
2002
Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 460.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Hands—Georgia O'Keeffe [underlined] / June--1917 at '291'; upper left verso: Georgia O'Keeffe's Hands [underlined] / June 4—1917 / at 291
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: OK 19A
Wikidata ID
Q64036855
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
For more information pertinent to this photograph, see Key Set number 457.
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, 1997.61.2 [platinum]
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, P1981.87 [platinum]
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 91.XM.63.3 [platinum and palladium]
Milwaukee Art Museum, M1997.50 [platinum]