Claudia O'Keeffe

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a close-up of a person's face, with their upper body partially visible. The person is lying down, resting their head on a pillow or similar soft surface. Their face is turned towards the camera, with their cheek pressed against the surface. They have dark hair that is disheveled and falls around their face. The lighting creates shadows across their facial features, which include prominent eyes and a relaxed mouth. The background consists of a soft material in a neutral tone.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 18.5 × 22.8 cm (7 5/16 × 9 in.)
    mount: 50.4 × 37.8 cm (19 13/16 × 14 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.517

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    35E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    728

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, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1958

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16–April 27, 1958

Bibliography

1958

  • Bry, Doris. Exhibition of Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1958: no. 78b.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 728.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower right verso, in graphite: 077 / Treated 6/50
by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 35 E

Wikidata ID

Q64035085

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Lifetime Exhibitions

A print from the same negative—perhaps a photograph from the Gallery’s collection—appeared in the following exhibition(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:

possibly 1923, New York (nos. 27–28, as Claudia O’Keeffe, 1922)

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