Georgia O'Keeffe

1919/1920

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a person with their face in profile, eyes closed, arms raised and bent at the elbows with hands overlapping above their head. The person has soft facial features and dark, tightly pulled back hair. They are not wearing visible clothing, and there is no visible jewelry or objects. The background is dark and plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.5 x 18.9 cm (9 1/4 x 7 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.134

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 18C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    563

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. 83.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 563.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen—6/50; lower left verso: OK 18C

Wikidata ID

Q64037166

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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, 1949.756 [platinum]

George Eastman Museum, Rochester, 74:0052:0092 [platinum]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 28.127.2 [platinum]

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Ph-138

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.25.57

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