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Georgia O'Keeffe

Sepia portrait of young women (Georgia O'Keeffe) with dark hair pulled back, and a black v-neck top looking away from the camera.
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  • Sepia portrait of young women (Georgia O'Keeffe) with dark hair pulled back, and a black v-neck top looking away from the camera.

Date:

1918

Artist:

Alfred Stieglitz
American, 1864–1946

About this artwork

The photographer Alfred Stieglitz sought to bring to America examples of the revolutionary developments of modern art in Europe and to provide support as well for progressive artists and photographers who lived and worked in the United States. His New York gallery “291” exhibited work by such artists as Picasso, Matisse, Marin, Hartley, and O’Keeffe, who would become Stieglitz’s wife. He photographed her hundreds of times over the years, varying the poses and focusing on parts of her body in a totally modern approach to the portrait. In Georgia O’Keeffe, the subject seems as confident, monumental, and enigmatically beautiful as her works, one of which appears behind her.

For more on the Alfred Stieglitz collection at the Art Institute, along with in-depth object information, please visit the website: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Alfred Stieglitz

Title

Georgia O'Keeffe

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1918

Medium

Platinum print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, upper center, in graphite: 11 [?]; verso, upper right, in graphite: [one perpendicular line]; verso, upper right, in graphite: 11 visi [?] de [?]; verso, center, in graphite: [scribbles]; verso, right center, in graphite: [four perpendicular lines] verso, left center, in graphite: [one perpendicular line] K [?/backwards] / head [?] white [?] [two words crossed out/sideways]; verso, right center, in graphite: Are [?] all

Dimensions

Image: 24.5 × 20.1 cm (9 11/16 × 7 15/16 in.); Paper: 25.3 × 20.2 cm (10 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

Alfred Stieglitz Collection

Reference Number

1949.755

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