Georgia O'Keeffe

1930

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows the upper half of a woman's body in a portrait format. She is positioned facing forward with a slight turn to her left, directly looking at the camera. Her facial features include a serious expression, strong eyebrows, and a sharp jawline. She is wearing a dark headscarf that covers her hair, and her outfit consists of a dark high-collared garment with a light ribbon or tie hanging down the front. The background features an abstract artwork with dark and muted tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.9 x 19.1 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
    mount: 52.9 x 41.8 cm (20 13/16 x 16 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.257

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 13E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1319

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

2012

  • The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 30–December 31, 2012

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1319.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper center verso, in graphite: 7 [crossed out] I
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: OK 13E
by later hand, on mount, center right verso, in graphite: 16 1/2 x 20 7/8

Wikidata ID

Q64037444

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

This image was probably made during O’Keeffe’s 1930 exhibition at An American Place (see Key Set number 1318), held from 7 February to 17 March. She is depicted in front of her painting After a Walk Back of Mabel’s, 1929 (Lynes 680).

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:

George Eastman Museum, Rochester, 74:0052:0052

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997.61.43

Other Collections

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

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, 2003.1.17

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