Georgia O'Keeffe

1919/1921

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts the upper half of a woman's body, cropped around her shoulders and above. She is facing the camera with her head slightly tilted backward and to the side. She has high cheekbones, sharp eyebrows, a slightly parted mouth, and dark hair pulled back tightly. The woman appears unclothed from the shoulders up, with no visible clothing. There are no visible jewelry or objects in the image. The background is a dark, abstract pattern suggesting a textured backdrop, possibly a painted surface or canvas, with various shades of dark colors and shapes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.7 x 19 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20.1 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.101

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 12B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    592

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. 592.

Inscriptions

by later hands, center left verso, in graphite: not; on mount, upper left verso, in red pencil: 12B; lower left verso, in graphite: OK—12B / OK 12B

Wikidata ID

Q64037087

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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 Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.751 [palladium]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997.61.58

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