Charles Duncan, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Paul Rosenfeld
1920
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 8.3 × 11.1 cm (3 1/4 × 4 3/8 in.) mount: 34.3 × 27.6 cm (13 1/2 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Accession Number
1980.70.152
Art Historical Context
In 1920, pioneering photographer Alfred Stiegl captured this intimate gelatin silver print featuring sculptor Charles Duncan, artist Georgia O'Keeffe, and critic Paul Rosenfeld. The, trimmed image (8.3 × 11.1 cm) mounted on a larger sheet reflects Stieglitz's approach to portraiture during a pivotal time in New York's avant-garde scene. As the founder of Gallery 291 (later known as 291), Stieglitz championed art and photography, fostering connections among intellectuals and creators like these subjects—O'Keeffe, whom he would marry in 1924, and Rosenfeld, a key supporter of American modernism....
About the Artist
Alfred Stieglitz · 1864–1946
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a pioneering American photographer, art dealer, publisher, and advocate for the Modernist movement who was instrumental over his 50-year career in making photography an accepted art form. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to German Jewish immigrant parents, Stieglitz spent his formative years studying mechanical engineering in Berlin, where he discovered photography in ...