Georgia O'Keeffe

1920/1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts the upper half of a person in a three-quarters profile view. The person is looking upwards to the left with a calm expression. They have soft facial features and short hair tucked under a hat. They are wearing a dark cloak or coat and a rounded hat. The background is softly focused with an indistinct horizon line, and the lighting creates gentle shadows.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.5 x 9.1 cm (4 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
    mount: 18.3 x 12.3 cm (7 3/16 x 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.146

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 513A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    667

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. 667.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, center verso, in graphite: White; upper left verso: A
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: OK 513A

Wikidata ID

Q64037190

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Other Collections

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

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, 2003.1.6

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 93.XM.25.35

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, PHO 2003 8 9

National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003.114.1 [palladium]

Location unknown

Lifetime Publications

A reproduction of this work appeared in the following publication(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:

Paul Rosenfeld, “The Paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe,” Vanity Fair 19 (October 1922): 56 (ill., Georgia O’Keeffe)

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