Georgia O'Keeffe—Hands

probably 1919

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.2 x 17.3 cm (9 1/8 x 6 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 25 x 20.2 cm (9 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
    mat: 50.9 x 35.9 cm (20 1/16 x 14 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1980.70.118

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 3A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    572

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1980.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

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

2001

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

2004

  • Alfred Stieglitz and His Circle: 1905–1930, Musée d'Orsay, Paris; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2004–2005

2009

  • In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes Before the Digital Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2009–2010

Bibliography

2000

  • Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001: no. 115.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 572.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on print, lower left, in graphite: 43
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen 1949; lower left verso: OK 3A
by later hands, lower right, in graphite: 43; center verso: K / OK 3A

Wikidata ID

Q64037124

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

O’Keeffe’s charcoal drawing No. 17—Special, 1919 (Lynes 280) is depicted here and in Key Set number 573.

Lifetime Publications

A reproduction of this work appeared in the following publication(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:

Robert W. Marks, “Stieglitz—Patriarch of Photography,” Popular Photography 6 (April 1940): 21 (ill., untitled)

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