Georgia O'Keeffe—Exhibition at An American Place

1931/1932

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows an art gallery room with several large paintings on its walls. The artworks include three paintings of white shapes against dark backgrounds and two paintings in grayscale tones - one depicting a skull and another featuring a close-up view of an object with pointed edges. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of black, white, and gray. In the foreground, on the left wall, there is a painting of a skull with a flower, while to the right is a narrow landscape-oriented painting. On the right wall, there are three vertically oriented artworks in a row with floral and bone-like elements. The paintings are positioned at eye level and span both visible walls of the gallery space.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 18.3 x 23.1 cm (7 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
    mount: 54 x 45.8 cm (21 1/4 x 18 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.319

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 43D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1451

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. 1451.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: OK-43D

Wikidata ID

Q64037512

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

This view of “Georgia O’Keeffe: 33 New Paintings (New Mexico),” held at An American Place from 27 December 1931 to 11 February 1932, includes Horse’s Skull with Pink Rose, 1931, Bear Lake, 1931, Thigh Bone on Black Stripe, 1931, Horse’s Skull with White Rose, 1931, and Shell on Red, 1931 (Lynes 775, 991, 778, 777, and 789).

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