Georgia O'Keeffe

1933

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image portrays a woman from the waist up, seated in a three-quarter view. She is sitting with her arms folded on her lap, and her head turned slightly towards the camera. The woman has dark hair that is neatly swept back, and she displays strong facial features. She wears a dark dress with short sleeves and a round neckline, with a small circular embellishment or button. The setting shows a rustic interior or exterior, with wooden paneling visible to her right and a dark surface to her left, possibly a doorway. No jewelry or additional objects are visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.3 × 18.1 cm (9 3/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
    mount: 50.8 × 38.9 cm (20 × 15 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.304

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 7E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1524

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. 1524.

Wikidata ID

Q64037496

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The exterior of the Lake George house was probably painted in 1934. The weathered clapboards in this photograph and Key Set numbers 1525 and 1526 indicate a date of 1933.

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