Georgia O'Keeffe

1936

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts a woman from the waist up. She is standing in a relaxed position, facing slightly to the left of the camera. Her facial features include a composed expression and she has dark hair that is neatly pulled back. She is wearing a dark cardigan over a white shirt, with the collar of the shirt folded over the cardigan. The woman holds a rolled-up piece of paper or fabric and a dark, flat object in her left hand. The background shows an outdoor setting with a sky partially filled with clouds and some trees or foliage visible in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.8 × 9.2 cm (4 5/8 × 3 5/8 in.)
    mount: 33 x 26.8 cm (13 x 10 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.70.321

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    OK 509A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1608

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. 1608.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left, in graphite: J
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: OK 509A

Wikidata ID

Q64037514

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The dates for this photograph and Key Set numbers 1609–1614 are based on a variant of this photograph at the Adirondack Experience, Blue Mountain Lake, New York, which is dated 1936 (see James K. Kettlewell, Stieglitz: The Lake George Years [exh. cat., The Hyde Collection], [Glens Falls, New York, 1984], no. 6).

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