Georgia O'Keeffe

1918

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This black-and-white photograph shows a woman standing in full-body profile, facing the right, standing on a window ledge. Her right arm is extended downward, holding the side of the window, while her left reaches to the right, in front of the window. Her body is silhouetted against the bright light coming in from the window. Her dark hair is pulled back in a bun, and she appears to have a neutral expression with a slightly furrowed brow. She is nude, and there is a patch of dark hair around her groin. The window behind her is covered by a curtain with a delicate, semi-transparent lace pattern, and some of the pale light reflects off of her skin.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 21.2 x 15 cm (8 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
    mount: 56.6 x 46.5 cm (22 5/16 x 18 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.98

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 36A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    507

The image shows a man leaning his head on his hand, positioned with his face resting on his left hand. He has a mustache, thin-framed eyeglasses, and thick, greying hair that curls slightly at the edges. He is dressed in a formal jacket, a white shirt, and a black bow tie. The background is a soft, dark blur.

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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. 507.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: OK 36A

Wikidata ID

Q64037081

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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.63.9 [palladium]

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