Georgia O'Keeffe

1918, printed 1924/1937

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.5 x 18.4 cm (9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
    mount: 50.8 x 37.9 cm (20 x 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1980.70.19

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 29E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    492

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1980.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • Georgia O'Keeffe and Abstraction, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, 2009–2010

2016

  • Georgia O'Keeffe, Tate Modern, London, July 6–October 30, 2016; Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna, December 7, 2016–March 26, 2017; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, April 22–July 30, 2017

Bibliography

1991

  • Peters, Sarah Whitaker. Becoming O'Keeffe: The Early Years. New York, 1991: pl. 62.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 492.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, lower right, in graphite: G1; center left: Very good
by Georgia O'Keeffe, lower left verso, in graphite: OK 28E

Wikidata ID

Q64036896

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

In the background of this photograph and Key Set numbers 491 and 493 is an untitled charcoal drawing by O’Keeffe, known only through these photographs (see Lynes, p. 1101, no. 14).

The dates for this image and Key Set numbers 491 and 493 are based on similarities of pose and composition to other photographs dated 1918.

Stieglitz Collections

A corresponding print was given to the following institution(s) by Alfred Stieglitz during his lifetime, or was received or acquired from the estate:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997.61.8

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