Georgia O'Keeffe

1918, printed 1924/1937

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows the upper body of a person sitting upright, facing slightly left of the camera. They have delicate facial features with a focused expression and dark eyes. Their hair is mostly covered by a black hat. They are draped in a light-colored or white fabric with a ruffled edge, covering the shoulders. In the background, there is a painting with abstract shapes in black and white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 24.7 x 19.8 cm (9 3/4 x 7 13/16 in.)
    mount: 54 x 39.6 cm (21 1/4 x 15 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.14

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 12A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    489

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

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 489.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: OK—12A

Wikidata ID

Q64036878

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

In the background of this photograph and Key Set numbers 487, 488, and 490 is O’Keeffe’s charcoal drawing No. 12 Special, 1916 (Lynes 117).

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