Georgia O'Keeffe—Hands and Grapes

1921

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

Two hands holding a cluster of grapes attached to a large leaf. The color palette is monochromatic with sepia tones. A hand is touching the leaf on the left side, while the other hand is grasping the grapes. The background is dark with a light horizontal band at the top.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.9 x 24 cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.1 x 25.3 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
    mat: 56.5 x 46 cm (22 1/4 x 18 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.165

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 11D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    681

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

1983

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 3–May 8, 1983; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 17–August 14, 1983; The Art Institute of Chicago, October 18, 1983–January 3, 1984

Bibliography

1983

  • Greenough, Sarah, and Juan Hamilton. Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings. Washington, 1983: no. 89, pl. 36.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 681.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount: lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen 1949; lower left verso: OK 11D
by later hand, center verso, in graphite: K / OK / 11D

Wikidata ID

Q64037240

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For information about the date of this photograph, see Key Set number 678.

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