Georgia O'Keeffe—Torso

1918

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.5 × 17.5 cm (9 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
    mat: 59.06 × 48.58 cm (23 1/4 × 19 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1980.70.37

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 34D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    509

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1980.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 3–May 8, 1983; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 17–August 14, 1983; The Art Institute of Chicago, October 18, 1983–January 3, 1984

1992

  • Stieglitz in the Darkroom, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 4, 1992–February 14, 1993

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1999

2001

  • Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001

Bibliography

1978

  • Georgia O'Keeffe: A Portrait by Alfred Stieglitz. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1978: pl. 25.

1983

  • Greenough, Sarah, and Juan Hamilton. Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings. Washington, 1983: no. 77.

2000

  • Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001: no. 117.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 509.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen—1949; lower left verso, in graphite: OK—34D

Wikidata ID

Q64036938

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The dates for this photograph and Key Set numbers 508 and 510 are based on similarities to Key Set number 511.

Other Collections

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

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 91.XM.63.8

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, PHO 2003 8 8

Private collection, San Francisco

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