Georgia O'Keeffe

1918

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.8 x 19.5 cm (9 3/4 x 7 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 x 20.1 cm (10 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1980.70.15

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 12A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    488

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1980.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 488.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: KK Ex
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen 6/49; lower left verso: OK 12A
by later hands, center verso, in graphite: [inside / M3?]; lower left verso: K OK 12A; on mount, upper center verso: 5

Wikidata ID

Q64036880

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

In the background of this photograph and Key Set numbers 487, 489, and 490 is O’Keeffe’s charcoal drawing No. 12 Special, 1916 (Lynes 117).

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 Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.750

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997.61.6

Other Collections

A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 93.XM.25.47


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