Georgia O'Keeffe at 291

1917

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

Shown from the chest up, a woman faces and looks at us in front of a swirling painting in this vertical black and white portrait photograph. The woman has thick, dark brows over slightly downturned eyes. Her lips are closed, and her dark hair is pulled back. Her dark garment has a white collar creating a narrow V below her throat. She stares steadily out in front of the dark and light-colored spiraling strokes of the painting behind her.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.3 x 19.4 cm (9 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.3 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)

  • Accession

    1980.70.2

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 19B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    458

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1980.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 3–May 8, 1983; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 17–August 14, 1983; The Art Institute of Chicago, October 18, 1983–January 3, 1984

Bibliography

1978

  • Georgia O'Keeffe: A Portrait by Alfred Stieglitz. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1978: pl. 12.

1983

  • Greenough, Sarah, and Juan Hamilton. Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings. Washington, 1983: no. 61, pl. 61.

1995

  • England, Nelson. "Georgia in Texas." Texas Highways 42: 5 (May 1995): 36.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 458.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: June—1917 [underlined] / June 4 [underlined] / 1917
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: OK 19B

Wikidata ID

Q64036852

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information pertinent to this photograph, see Key Set number 457.

Other Collections

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

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 93.XM.25.45

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, 2003.1.1

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