Ida and Georgia O'Keeffe [recto]

1924

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This black and white photograph features two women captured from their shoulders upward, positioned closely side by side. They are both facing the camera with smiles on their faces. The woman on the left has dark, wavy hair styled in a bob. Her facial features include arched eyebrows and a slight squint caused by her smile. She wears a light-colored blouse with dark patterns near the collar and a dark cardigan draped over her shoulders. The woman on the right wears a sun hat that partially covers her hair, which is mostly tucked underneath. Her facial features are well-defined with a wide smile, showing her teeth. She is dressed in a collared shirt partially covered by a dark coat. The background is a clear, featureless sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 9.3 x 11.9 cm (3 11/16 x 4 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 10 x 22.7 cm (3 15/16 x 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.195.a

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 506A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1018

Associated Artworks

Four pieces of long underwear are hanging on a clothesline. The color palette is monochromatic, with various shades of gray, indicating this is a black-and-white photograph. Positioned horizontally across the upper half of the image, the clothesline runs from left to right, with each piece of clothing attached by clothespins. In the background, there are out-of-focus, bare-limbed trees under a gray sky.

Laundry, Lake George [verso]

Alfred Stieglitz

1923

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.

Alfred Stieglitz

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1980.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Alfred Stieglitz at Lake George, Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 14, 1995–January 2, 1996

Bibliography

1995

  • Alfred Stieglitz at Lake George. Exh. cat. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1995: 104.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1018.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on original mount, upper left verso, in graphite: OK 506A

Wikidata ID

Q64037311

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

A related photograph of Donald Davidson with Ida and Georgia O’Keeffe, at the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson (76:049:012), was clearly made at the same time. Davidson visited Lake George in mid-October 1924.

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