Claudia O'Keeffe

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
The artwork is a close-up photograph showing a person's face, filling the frame. The individual is lying down with their head slightly tilted, and the arms are positioned around the head. The facial features are clearly visible, with prominent eyes and a neutral expression. The person's hair is dark and appears to be short. They are wearing a light-colored garment visible near the shoulders. The background is indistinct due to the close framing of the shot. The image is in sepia tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 18.4 × 23 cm (7 1/4 × 9 1/16 in.)
    mount: 50.3 × 37.6 cm (19 13/16 × 14 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.520

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    84A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    727

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. 727.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 84-A

Wikidata ID

Q64035088

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Following her mother’s death in 1916, Georgia cared for her youngest sister, Claudia, then a teenager. Claudia lived with Georgia when she taught art in Canyon, Texas, from 1916 to 1918 and subsequently moved to New York. Claudia later moved to Beverly Hills and taught nursery school.

Lifetime Exhibitions

A print from the same negative—perhaps a photograph from the Gallery’s collection—appeared in the following exhibition(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:

possibly 1923, New York (nos. 27–28, as Claudia O’Keeffe, 1922)

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