Georgia O'Keeffe

probably 1919

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image features a portrait of a woman with her upper body visible. She has her head resting on her left arm, which is bent at the elbow. Her right hand is gently posed near her chest with fingers slightly curled. The woman has defined cheekbones, a straight nose, thin lips, and dark, smooth hair styled close to her head. She is wearing a dark garment that covers her shoulders, blending into the dark surrounding. The background is dim and out of focus, with soft light filtering through, creating a warm illumination on her features. No visible items of jewelry or other objects are being held in the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23 x 18.6 cm (9 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 x 20.1 cm (10 x 7 15/16 in.)
    mount: 50.4 x 32.7 cm (19 13/16 x 12 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.123

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 21C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    601

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

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

Bibliography

1983

  • Greenough, Sarah, and Juan Hamilton. Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings. Washington, 1983: no. 81.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 601.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen 1949; lower left verso: OK 21C
by later hand, center verso: K / OK / 21C

Wikidata ID

Q64037143

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

This photograph and Key Set number 600 were made at the same time and are dated based on their relationship to Key Set number 566.

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