Georgia O'Keeffe

1918

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image is a close-up portrait displaying the head and upper torso of a person. The person is positioned in a three-quarter view, looking slightly upwards to the right. They have defined facial features with high cheekbones, a straight nose, and full lips. Their hair is dark, sleek, and pulled back from the face. The individual is wearing a dark, V-neck garment with a white underlayer visible at the neckline and has no visible jewelry or objects in their hands. The background features an abstract pattern in varied shades, resembling a textured artistic canvas filled with swirling dark and light tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.4 x 18.3 cm (8 13/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 24.9 x 20 cm (9 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.11

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 15A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    479

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

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

1992

  • Stieglitz in the Darkroom, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 4, 1992–February 14, 1993

Bibliography

1983

  • Greenough, Sarah, and Juan Hamilton. Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings. Washington, 1983: no. 71.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 479.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left: Treated by Steichen—6/50; lower left verso: OK 15A
by later hands, center right verso, in graphite: KOK / 15A / S / Q

Wikidata ID

Q64036873

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

O’Keeffe’s charcoal drawing No. 15 Special, 1916/1917 (Lynes 154), is in the background of this photograph and the following Key Set numbers: 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 480, 481, and 482.

Other Collections

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

The Bluff Collection

Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2003-3-2

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