Georgia O'Keeffe

1925

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows the upper half of a person standing outdoors, facing the camera. The individual has distinctive facial features, with high cheekbones, a slight smile, and softly focused eyes. They have dark hair pulled back neatly. The person is wearing a dark, textured cardigan over a lighter-toned garment, possibly an apron, and holding a canvas with an abstract painting. The background shows an out-of-focus landscape with a tree or bush on one side and an expansive sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 9.2 x 11.8 cm (3 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
    mount: 34.2 x 27.2 cm (13 7/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.187

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 514C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1070

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. 92, pl. 42.

1995

  • England, Nelson. "Georgia in Texas." Texas Highways 42: 5 (May 1995): 33.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1070.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: OK 514C

Wikidata ID

Q64037290

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

O’Keeffe holds her painting White Birch, 1925 (Lynes 509).

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