Georgia O'Keeffe

1919/1921

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows the upper body of a person, captured in profile from the shoulder upward. The person is positioned facing left, with their head tilted slightly upward. Their facial features include a prominent nose, high cheekbones, and a strong jawline. The hair is dark, sleek, and pulled back neatly. The clothing appears to be a dark, loosely fitted garment, possibly a robe or shawl, with a lighter undergarment peeking through at the neckline. There is no visible jewelry or objects being held. The background is a plain, softly blurred backdrop with a light and dark gradient.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.9 x 19.1 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
    mount: 56.7 x 46 cm (22 5/16 x 18 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.188

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 10E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    684

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

1996

  • Making It New: Marianne Moore and the Visual Arts, Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia, PA, November 17, 1996–March 2, 1997

2017

  • Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn; Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, 2017 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 684.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: OK-10-E

Wikidata ID

Q64037292

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, 93.XM.25.18 [palladium]

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, E.889-2003

Lifetime Publications

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

“We Nominate for the Hall of Fame: Georgia O’Keeffe,” Vanity Fair 30 (August 1928): 63 (ill., untitled)

Isabel Ross, “Bones of Desert Blaze Art Trail of Miss O’Keeffe,” The New York Herald Tribune (29 December 1931): 3 (ill., Miss Georgia O’Keeffe)

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