Georgia O'Keeffe—Hands
probably 1919, printed 1924/1937
Alfred Stieglitz
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 24 x 19 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
mount: 51.1 x 38.8 cm (20 1/8 x 15 1/4 in.) -
Accession Number
1980.70.119
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Stieglitz Estate Number
OK 3A
Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition
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Key Set Number
573
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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
Stieglitz in the Darkroom, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 4, 1992–February 14, 1993
1995
Féminin-Masculin: Le Sexe de l'Art?, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, October 24, 1995–February 12, 1996
2009
In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes Before the Digital Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2009–2010
Bibliography
1991
Peters, Sarah Whitaker. Becoming O'Keeffe: The Early Years. New York, 1991: pl. 69.
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: 32.
1995
Féminin-Masculin: le sexe de l'art?. Exh. cat. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1995: pl. 386.
2002
Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 573.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, center left, in graphite: A1
by Georgia O'Keeffe, lower left verso, in graphite: OK 3A
by later hand, lower right verso, in graphite: Box XX
Wikidata ID
Q64037127Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
O’Keeffe’s charcoal drawing No. 17—Special, 1919 (Lynes 280) is depicted here and in Key Set number 572.
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, 1997.61.17
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, 2003.1.4
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 93.XM.25.43