Georgia O'Keeffe

1918

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a close-up portrait of a person from below the eyes to the upper chest. The person is slightly angled, facing forward with their chin slightly tilted upwards. The facial features include deep-set eyes, strong eyebrows, and full lips. The person has dark, smooth hair pulled back from the face and is wearing a light-colored top with a visible collar. The background is neutral and out of focus.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.3 x 19.2 cm (9 9/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 25 x 20.1 cm (9 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
    mat: 51.9 x 39.9 cm (20 7/16 x 15 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.107

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 24E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    504

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

1991

  • Group Portrait: The First American Avant-Garde, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC, May 10–October 27, 1991

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 504.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen—6/50; lower left verso, in graphite: OK—24E

Wikidata ID

Q64037101

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, 1949.759

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, YCAL MSS 85, box 123, folder 2465 [platinum]

Library of Congress, Washington, MPH-19 B

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997.61.12

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1995.692

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 108.1984

Other Collections

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

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1997-38-1 (inscribed: Georgia O’Keeffe—A Portrait—A, B, C, D—/ 1918-1924 / This is A—1918 / by Alfred Stieglitz / Insurance Value $2000)

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:

1932, New York (no. 76a, as Georgia O’Keeffe, 1918–1923)


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