Georgia and Ida O'Keeffe

1924

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows two individuals seated at an outdoor table on a wooden porch. Both people are visible from the waist up. The person on the left is seated with their body slightly turned and appears to be writing or drawing. They have short, dark hair with a side part and are dressed in a dark suit with a white shirt. The person on the right has a slight smile and looks directly at the camera. They have medium-length dark hair pulled back and are also wearing a dark outfit with a patterned scarf or collar visible. The table is circular and wooden, covered with various papers and an open box. The setting is a porch with vertical wooden columns flanking the steps and railings leading up to the seating area. In the background, a closed wooden door and a portion of the house's exterior are visible. Shadows create patterns on the porch floor.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 9.3 x 12 cm (3 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
    mount: 34.2 x 27.5 cm (13 7/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.196

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 507B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1017

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.

Alfred Stieglitz

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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. 1017.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: OK 507B

Wikidata ID

Q64037315

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

“I have been making a lot of foolish snaps of Georgia & Ida” (Stieglitz to Paul Rosenfeld, 9 November 1924, YCAL). Ida O’Keeffe visited Lake George in September and October 1924.

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