Georgia O'Keeffe—Feet

1918

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a close-up of a person's lower legs, feet, and hands while seated. The individual is sitting on a chair with feet resting on the lower rung of another chair. The legs are bare, and the hands are clasped around the knees. The person is wearing a dark-colored garment with sleeves that are visible, and there is a light-colored fabric beneath them. In the background, there is a uniform, dark backdrop, with just a slight glimpse of a lighter area near the base of the chair.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.9 x 19.1 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 24.9 x 20 cm (9 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
    mat: 55.1 x 45.1 cm (21 11/16 x 17 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.53

  • Key Set Number

    515

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, 1980.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

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

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 515.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen 1949; lower left verso: OK 28D
by later hands, center verso, in graphite: D [crossed out] / Smooth; lower center verso: K / OK / 28D

Wikidata ID

Q64036973

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Lifetime Exhibitions

A print from the same negative—perhaps a photograph from the Gallery’s collection—appeared in the following exhibition(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:

1921, New York (nos. 135–137, as Feet, 1918–1920)

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