The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe

1933
(American, 1864–1946)
Image: 23.9 x 19.3 cm (9 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

One of the most important photographers of the 20th century, Stieglitz made hundreds of pictures of his wife, painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), recording her physical and psychological evolution from 1917 to 1937. This image was taken at Lake George, where O'Keeffe was completing a long recovery from an emotional breakdown she suffered the previous year. To convey her affection for her Ford V-8 convertible-a potent symbol of her personal freedom-Stieglitz posed her leaning against the shiny spare tire cover on the back of the auto, highlighting her arms and hands. Despite her joy at being united with the vehicle, the darkly toned portrait captures O'Keeffe's lifeless, distant eyes and somber face, revealing her prevailing despondency.
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 258 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 332
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    The Cleveland Museum of Art; 10/13/01-2/27/02. "Artists Photographing Artists," no catalogue.
    Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, December 12, 1992 - April 4, 1993: "Two Lives: Georgia O'Keeffe & Alfred Stieglitz," cat p. 14, repr. p. 109. Also traveled to New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Arts, April 27 - June 26; Minneapolis, Minnesota, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, July 17 - September 12; Houston, Texas, The Museum of Fine Arts, October 2 - December 5.
    CMA, July 10 - August 19, 1990: "The Camera," no exhibition catalogue.
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    CMA, December 12, 1934 - January 13, 1935: "Exhibition of Photographs," no exhibition catalogue.
  • {{cite web|title=Georgia O'Keeffe|url=false|author=Alfred Stieglitz|year=1933|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1935.52