Ida O'Keeffe

1924

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a woman from the waist up. She is standing upright, looking directly at the camera with a slight smile. Her facial features include a slightly rounded face and her hair is dark, styled in a neat middle part and gathered at the sides. She is wearing a dark, long-sleeved garment and has a dark fur stole draped around her shoulders. She is holding a small bouquet of flowers in one hand and a dark fabric in the other hand. The background is unfocused, with a clear sky and a subtle gradient from a lighter to a darker shade.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.5 × 9.2 cm (4 1/2 × 3 5/8 in.)
    mount: 34.3 × 27.5 cm (13 1/2 × 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.594

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    209D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1032

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

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1032.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 209D

Wikidata ID

Q64035252

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

This photograph and Key Set numbers 1030, 1031, and 1033 are dated based on similarities to Key Set number 1019.

Other Collections

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

Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2012.1.27

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