Georgia O'Keeffe

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This image shows a woman's face, captured from the shoulders up. Her head is slightly tilted downward, looking off to the left. The woman has distinct eyebrows, deep-set eyes, and a neutral expression. Her hair is pulled back under a dark hood. She is wearing a dark outer garment with a high collar, paired with a white inner garment visible at the neckline. The background is blurred and monochromatic.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.1 x 18.5 cm (9 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
    mat: 56.5 x 45.6 cm (22 1/4 x 17 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.205

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 15D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    828

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

2017

  • Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, 2017 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1946

  • Engelhard, Georgia. "The Face of Alfred Stieglitz." Popular Photography 19 (September 1946): 55.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 828.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: OK 15D

Wikidata ID

Q64037344

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The date is based on the type of photographic paper and mounting materials, which are similar to those of other dated prints from the early 1920s, and on similarities to Key Set numbers 833, 834, and 835.

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 Museum of Modern Art, New York, 114.1984

Lifetime Publications

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

Edward Steichen, “The Fighting Photo-Secession,” Vogue (15 June 1941): 23 (ill., Georgia O’Keeffe / 1924)

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