Georgia O'Keeffe

1923

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a person's face and upper shoulders. The person is leaning slightly back, with their gaze directed upwards. Their facial features include arched eyebrows, deep-set eyes, and slightly parted lips. They have a prominent nose and smooth skin. The person is wearing a dark hat covering most of their hair. They are dressed in a dark coat over a light-colored shirt with a visible collar. In the background, two framed photographs are hung on a wall with a vertical textured strip separating them; one image partially features a face while the other shows a tree. The setting suggests an indoor location.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.8 x 18.7 cm (9 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
    mat: 56.6 x 46.3 cm (22 5/16 x 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.189

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 11E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    839

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. 2, cat. 839.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, lower right verso, in graphite: 1923?
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen 1949—This is a rag back—; lower left verso: OK 11E; on secondary mount, upper right verso: OK 11E; lower left verso: OK 11E
by later hands, center verso, in graphite: OK 11E / not key / inside; on secondary mount, center: Not in key set / OK 11E

Wikidata ID

Q64037294

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

This photograph was made at the Anderson Galleries during Stieglitz’s 1923 exhibition. Behind O’Keeffe are Stieglitz’s photographs Rebecca Strand (Key Set number 747) and The Barn (Key Set number 783).

Other Collections

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

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 93.XM.25.66

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