Georgia O'Keeffe

1918

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This sepia-toned photograph shows a woman from the neck up, standing with both of her arms raised, one stretching above her head and one by her ear, her fingers spread open and her palms facing us. She has pale skin, long, dark hair, deep-set eyes that look up and to the left, and lips set in a neutral expression. She is wearing a light-colored garment with thin straps. The background appears to be a light gray wall with a large charcoal drawing on it, covered in an abstract swirling pattern.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.8 x 16.2 cm (9 3/8 x 6 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
    mat: 56.1 x 45 cm (22 1/16 x 17 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.91

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 29A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    491

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. 491.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen—6/50; lower left verso, in graphite: OK—29—A / OK—29A—29A

Wikidata ID

Q64037061

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

In the background of this photograph and Key Set numbers 492 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 492 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, 1997.61.51

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