Georgia O'Keeffe

1933

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts a woman from the chest up, seated and looking towards the left side. She has well-defined facial features, dark hair pulled back, and is wearing a dark striped shawl over a white blouse with a drawstring bow. The background is blurred with a hint of landscape visible, including a tree silhouette. Natural light reflects on her face and attire.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 22 x 19 cm (8 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
    mount: 52.8 x 39.5 cm (20 13/16 x 15 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.303

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 6B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1520

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

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1520.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, upper center verso, in graphite: 7

Wikidata ID

Q64037495

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

In summer 1933 O’Keeffe bought a new Ford V-8 convertible coupe. The spare wheel is seen in this photograph and Key Set numbers 1515, 1516, 1517, 1518, and 1519.

Stieglitz Collections

A corresponding print was given to the following institution(s) by Alfred Stieglitz during his lifetime, or was received or acquired from the estate:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997.61.38

Other Collections

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

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, PHO 2003 8 20

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 78.63

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, 2005.27.312

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