Georgia O'Keeffe
1918
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 22.9 × 15.3 cm (9 × 6 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Accession Number
1980.70.97
Art Historical Context
In 1918, pioneering photographer Alfred Stiegl captured his soon-to-be wife, artist Georgia O'Keeffe in this intimate gelatin silver print portrait, now housed in the National Gallery of's Alfred Stieglitz Collection Measuring a modest 22.9 × 15.3 cm, the trimmed sheet emphasizes the image's direct intensity, showcasing O'Keeffe's striking features—her sharp gaze and flowing hair—against a simple backdrop. Stieglitz, a key figure in elevating photography to fine art through his Gallery 291, produced over 300 such images of O'Keeffe from 1917 onward, blending personal affection with modernist e...
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 ...