Georgia O'Keeffe, Prospect Mountain, Lake George

1927

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a person standing in a side profile. The individual has a prominent jawline and distinctive nose, with hair pulled back. They are wearing a dark cardigan over a light shirt that is buttoned up. The person holds a long wooden stick in their left hand and a rectangular object, possibly a book, in their right hand. The background is a clear sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.8 x 9.3 cm (4 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
    mount: 34.2 x 27 cm (13 7/16 x 10 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.223

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 517A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1241

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

1992

  • Two Lives: Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz—A Conversation in Painting and Photographs, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, December 2, 1992–April 4, 1993; IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York, April 27–June 26, 1993; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, July 17–September 12, 1993; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 2–December 5, 1993

2017

  • Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn; Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, 2017 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1992

  • Arrowsmith, Alexandra, Thomas West, and Belinda Rathbone. Two Lives: A Conversation in Paintings and Photographs. Exh. cat. The Phillips Collection, Washington and New York, 1992: 91.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1241.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: Georgia O'Keeffe / Prospect Mt., Lake George, 1927—October / Stieglitz [underlined]
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: OK 517A

Wikidata ID

Q64037402

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Other Collections

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

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 113.1984 (inscribed: 1927)

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2016.101.243

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