Georgia O'Keeffe

1918, printed 1924/1937

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows an upper-body view of a person, featuring their head, neck, shoulders, and a portion of their chest. The person is leaning slightly backward, with their head tilted to the side and their eyes gazing upwards. They have a smooth facial complexion with slightly parted lips and dark eyebrows. The individual's hair is mostly concealed by a hat that fits closely around the head. They are wearing a dark piece of outer clothing over a lighter garment that appears to have a wide collar. One hand is raised to the chest, resting over the heart. The person is framed against a background that appears to be a circular or oval shape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 24.4 × 19.6 cm (9 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
    mount: 49.8 x 37.5 cm (19 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.20

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 30A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    486

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. 486.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: OK 30A

Wikidata ID

Q64036898

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

In the background of this photograph and Key Set numbers 484 and 485 is O’Keeffe’s watercolor Blue II, 1916 (Lynes 120).

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