Georgia O'Keeffe
1935
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 11.3 x 9.1 cm (4 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.) mount: 32 x 25 cm (12 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Accession Number
1980.70.324
Art Historical Context
In this intimate gelatin silver print from 1935, pioneering photographer Alfred Stiegl captures his wife, the renowned artist Georgia O'Keeffe in a portrait that exemplifies his mastery of modernist photography. Titled simply *Georgia O'Kee*, the small-scale image (trimmed to 11.3 x 9.1 cm) is mounted on a larger 32 x 25 cm sheet, inviting close contemplation of O'Keeffe's expressive features and the subtle play of light and shadow. Part of the Alfred Stieglitz Collection at the National Gallery of Art, it reflects the technical precision of gelatin silver prints, prized for their rich tonal r...
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 ...