Georgia O'Keeffe—Exhibition at An American Place

1931

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a room with several rectangular artworks displaying bold lines and smooth curves. The abstract paintings feature shapes resembling waves, mountains, or sails. The artworks vary in size and share a monochromatic palette with flowing forms resembling organic patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 16.7 x 22.8 cm (6 9/16 x 9 in.)
    mount: 56.4 x 45.2 cm (22 3/16 x 17 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.264

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 44A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1372

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. 1372.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: OK-44A

Wikidata ID

Q64037452

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

This view, and also Key Set number 1373, of “Georgia O’Keeffe: Recent Paintings, New Mexico, New York, Etc.—Etc.,” An American Place, January–February 1931, shows Rust Red Hills, 1930, Black White and Blue, 1930, Dark Mesa with Pink Sky, 1930, Jack-in-Pulpit Abstraction—No. 5, 1930, Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. VI, 1930, Black and White, 1930, and White Calico Rose, 1930 (Lynes 740, 701, 739, 719, 720, 700, and 722).

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