Georgia O'Keeffe Drawing

1916/1917

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image displays an arrangement of undulating lines and organic shapes that flow diagonally across the canvas. Wave-like patterns are at the center, with rounded forms above and around them. The background features amorphous swirls resembling clouds. The composition evokes natural phenomena such as rivers, smoke, or cascading hair.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum with palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.9 × 18.3 cm (9 7/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
    mount: 50.8 × 37.6 cm (20 × 14 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.406

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    57A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    455

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, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 455.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 57 A

Wikidata ID

Q64034918

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Stieglitz included No. 9 Special, 1915 (Lynes 54) at 291 in “Exhibition of Drawings by Georgia O’Keeffe, of Virginia; Water-Colors and Drawings, by C. Duncan, of New York; and Oils, by Réné Lafferty, of Philadelphia,” held from 23 May to 5 July 1916.

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