Georgia O'Keeffe
1918
Medium
palladium print
Dimensions
image: 23.6 x 18.7 cm (9 5/16 x 7 3/8 in.) sheet: 25.4 x 20.4 cm (10 x 8 1/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Accession Number
1980.70.84
Art Historical Context
In 1918, pioneering photographer Alfred Stiegl captured this intimate palladium print portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe his soon-to-be wife and a rising star in American modernism. Measuring about 9½ by 7⅜ inches, the image exemplifies Stieglitz's of soft-focus pictorialism, a style he championed to elevate photography to fine art. The palladium process, akin to platinum printing, yields warm, rich tones and exceptional archival stability, making it ideal for his deeply personal studies of form and light. This photograph marks the beginning of Stieglitz's renowned series of over 300 portraits of O...
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 ...