Georgia O'Keeffe

1918, printed 1924/1937

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts a person photographed from the waist up. The individual is seated, facing forward with a calm and serious expression. They have soft facial features, including arched eyebrows and slightly pursed lips. The person wears a plain, round hat high on the forehead, a dark jacket over a white shirt, partially unbuttoned, revealing a small part of the chest. The hands are placed in front of the shirt, appearing to adjust it. The background features a swirling circular pattern.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 24.4 x 19.4 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
    mount: 49.9 x 37.5 cm (19 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.73

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 4A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    485

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

1992

  • Two Lives: Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz—A Conversation in Painting and Photographs, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, December 2, 1992–April 4, 1993; IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York, April 27–June 26, 1993; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, July 17–September 12, 1993; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 2–December 5, 1993

Bibliography

1992

  • Arrowsmith, Alexandra, Thomas West, and Belinda Rathbone. Two Lives: A Conversation in Paintings and Photographs. Exh. cat. The Phillips Collection, Washington and New York, 1992: 31.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 485.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: OK 4A

Wikidata ID

Q64037018

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

In the background of this photograph and Key Set numbers 484 and 486 is O’Keeffe’s watercolor Blue II, 1916 (Lynes 120).

Other Collections

A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 93.XM.25.32

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