Georgia O'Keeffe: A Portrait

Artist Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864 - 1946)

Date1933

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 9/16 × 7 3/8 inches (21.75 × 18.73 cm)
Mount (1): 8 9/16 × 7 3/8 inches (21.75 × 18.73 cm)
Mount (2): 13 5/8 × 10 11/16 inches (34.61 × 27.15 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.312

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn mount 2 verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "OK6B"

On View

Not on view

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Photography

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DescriptionPortrait of woman, Georgia O'Keeffe, seated with neutral expression. A streak of light crosses over her chest.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

American Photography: Recent Additions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, February 27 – May 14, 2000, no cat.

Celebrating a Grand Gift: The Hallmark Photographic Collection. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 10 – April 30, 2006, no cat.

Rotation 2. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 24, 2007 – March 19, 2008, no cat.

World War I and the Rise of Modernism. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 9 – October 18, 2015, no cat.

Rotation 19. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, May 9 – September 27, 2015, no cat.

Gallery Label

Stieglitz's portraits of O'Keeffe changed in accordance with their relationship. In 1929, O'Keeffe learned to drive and began summering apart from Stieglitz in New Mexico. From this time on, her life became increasingly independent of her husband's. Not surprisingly, many of Stieglitz's later portraits (such as this) convey a psychological reserve not found in the earlier works. Significantly, O'Keeffe's automobile-a key symbol of both her modernity and her freedom-appears here as a backdrop.

Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1996;

Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

Published References

Keith F. Davis, An American Century of Photography: from Dry-Plate to Digital. 2nd ed. New York: Hallmark Cards, Inc. in association with H.N. Abrams, 1999, p. 181.

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