Ida O'Keeffe

1924

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a woman seated at a table, with her arms crossed. She is beside a cake with candles, wearing a dark top with light detailing near the shoulders. The woman has a watch on her right wrist. The background features large windows, a vase with flowers, and some apples on the table.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 9.1 × 11.6 cm (3 9/16 × 4 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.591

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    209A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1040

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.

Alfred Stieglitz

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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. 2, cat. 1040.

Wikidata ID

Q64035248

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

“Ida had a birthday day before yesterday. She says it was a masterpiece. Georgia says it seemed God made. And all it was was life moving freely & beautifully without theory or intellectualization.—Incredible. Even the weather seemed to fall into line” (Stieglitz to Rebecca Strand, 25 October 1924, YCAL).

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