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THE FACE OF MODERNISM: A PRIVATE WEST COAST COLLECTION Alfred Stieglitz Georgia O'Keeffe 1936 Gelatin silver print, mounted. 3 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. (8.6 x 11.4 cm)
Provenance From the artist; to Georgia O'Keeffe; to Doris Bry Private Collection,New York Literature Greenough, Alfred Stieglitz The Key Set, Volume Two, cat. no. 1609, p. 912 for a variant Catalogue Essay Alfred Stieglitz’s image Georgia O’Keeffe, 1936, was taken nearly two decades after Georgia O’Keeffe, 1918 (lot 12). O’Keeffe, now older and wiser as a woman, lover and artist, is portrayed affectionately. In the current lot, Stieglitz captured O’Keeffe at Lake George from a lower vantage point and within a tighter frame than the portrait from 1918. This imbues O’Keeffe with an air of monumentality and pride. No longer an ingénue sitting by a flowering garden and looking sideways, O’Keeffe is now positioned against a stark sky that further accentuates her presence; she looks back at the camera with confidence and dignity. Along with Georgia O’Keeffe, 1918, the two portraits in the collection provide important visual bookends to a relationship whose legacy is still felt. This print is a contact print from the artist’s 4 x 5 in. negative which was mounted later by Doris Bry, per Georgia O’Keeffe’s instructions. Doris Bry began her association with Georgia O’Keeffe in 1947 and is considered one of the leading specialists in the life and work of both Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz Read More