Georgia O'Keeffe

1918

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a close-up view of a person's face and hands. The person appears in a frontal position, with their head slightly tilted downward. Their facial features are soft and slightly blurred due to the photograph's focus; the eyes are cast downward, and the lips are almost closed. The person's hair is obscured by the angle and shadow. The individual is wearing a dark garment, holding it near their neck or chin with their left hand. The background is soft and out of focus, with faint light and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.8 × 9.5 cm (4 5/8 × 3 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.49

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 511E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    534

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

Exhibition History

1958

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16–April 27, 1958

1992

  • Two Lives: O’Keeffe by Stieglitz 1917–1923, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA, June 30–September 13, 1992

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1999

2010

  • Alfred Stieglitz: The Lake George Years, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010

Bibliography

1958

  • Bry, Doris. Exhibition of Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1958: pl. 8.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 534.

2010

  • Annear, Judy, ed. Alfred Stieglitz: The Lake George Years. Exh. cat. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: OK 511E
by later hand, on mount, lower right verso, in graphite: 072

Wikidata ID

Q64036967

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For information about the date of this photograph, see Key Set number 530.

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, 1997.61.25 [palladium]

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1995.694 [gelatin silver]

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