Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2002

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 206D

Wikidata ID

Q64035227

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The date is based on similarities to Key Set numbers 624, 625, and 626.

When Stieglitz first met Donald Davidson in 1917 he was helping to establish a victory garden at Oaklawn. Shortly thereafter on 22 August 1917 Stieglitz wrote to O’Keeffe that Davidson had “made a great impression upon me—impression as a human.— A lank sinewy figure—eye glasses—spectacles—middle-aged—a firm expression around the mouth—We met up there—and I don’t know why—but we talked for about fifteen minutes—I don’t know what brought it about—But it was very wonderful—that meeting. Life—War—Society—Plant Life—the universe—We understood each other—He’s unmarried—Scotch descent—Riches once upon a time in the family—It was very human that meeting—the most human thing that’s happened to me in some time—He seemed drawn to me & I to him—Queer—Perhaps I’m not quite as dead as I imagine I must be” (YCAL). In 1919 Davidson married Stieglitz’s niece Elizabeth Stieglitz, and both became deeply involved in Hinduism.