Artist
Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)American, 1864–1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Georgia O'Keeffe
Date1933
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (22.2 × 19.1 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (22.2 × 19.1 cm)
Mount: 20 9/16 × 15 11/16 in. (52.2 × 39.9 cm)
Frame (inner): 22 × 18 in. (55.9 × 45.7 cm)
Frame (outer): 20 3/4 × 16 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (52.7 × 42.5 × 3.5 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (22.2 × 19.1 cm)
Mount: 20 9/16 × 15 11/16 in. (52.2 × 39.9 cm)
Frame (inner): 22 × 18 in. (55.9 × 45.7 cm)
Frame (outer): 20 3/4 × 16 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (52.7 × 42.5 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number78.63
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
In 1917, a year after Alfred
Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe met, Stieglitz began photographing the artist.
He continued to do so until 1933 when he completed Georgia O’Keeffe: A Portrait, a large-scale photographic project
that is considered one of the most extensive serial documents in any medium.
Including more than 500 photographs of O’Keeffe, this ambitious project was
originally conceived to extend over the subject’s lifetime.
Provenance[Zabriskie Gallery, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1978.
Exhibition History"Circle of Stieglitz ... from Houston Collections," Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, March 6–April 4, 1982.
"Artist as Subject: The Photographic Portraits of Georgia O'Keeffe," New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, September 12, 1985–November 17, 1985.
"Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 27–May 1, 1988.
"The Artist Portrayed," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 14–November 5, 1995.
"A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 14–December 30, 2001.
"Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures", Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 3–February 25, 2007; Austin Museum of Art, May 19–August 12, 2007; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, June 5–August 24, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, center: 15 3/4 x w 7/8 // // 9A
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, lower left edge: Bac7 [?]
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, bottom left edge: [illegible cut-off] [Zabriskie Gallery #]
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, lower left of detached fragment: OK6B
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, lower right of detached fragment: AS 1925-ZO
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, lower left edge: Bac7 [?]
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, bottom left edge: [illegible cut-off] [Zabriskie Gallery #]
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, lower left of detached fragment: OK6B
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, lower right of detached fragment: AS 1925-ZO
[Not signed]
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