Georgia O'Keeffe with Matisse Sculpture

1921

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows the upper half of a woman's body, positioned slightly angled to the left, with her face turned in the opposite direction. Her facial features are defined, with a prominent brow, high cheekbones, and a straight nose. Her dark hair is parted in the middle and slicked back. She is wearing a light-colored garment, likely a blouse, which drapes over her shoulders. The woman is holding a small, abstract sculpture in her right hand, while the sculpture rests against the corner of a wall. The background is a plain wall, emphasizing the woman and the object she holds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (timmed to image): 24.1 × 19 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)
    mount: 56.5 × 46.4 cm (22 1/4 × 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.176

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 10D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    669

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

1991

  • Peters, Sarah Whitaker. Becoming O'Keeffe: The Early Years. New York, 1991: pl. 53.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 669.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: OK-10-D

Wikidata ID

Q64037268

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

O’Keeffe holds a small bronze by Henri Matisse, Female Torso (also known as La Vie), 1906 (Alfred Stieglitz Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

The date is based on the Stieglitz Estate list.

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, 1997.61.64

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