Georgia O'Keeffe

Artist

Paul Strand, 16 Oct 1890 - 31 Mar 1976

Sitter

Georgia O'Keeffe, 15 Nov 1887 - 6 Mar 1986

Exhibition Label

As a young artist Georgia O’Keeffe often chafed at others’ expectations of her and the art she was then creating. She had little interest in painting only those subjects deemed suitable for women. Instead she experimented boldly with abstraction and immersed herself in the hothouse of American modernism. Fiercely independent, O’Keeffe dressed and acted as she pleased, forging relationships on her own terms, most famously with the photographer Alfred Stieglitz. Although they married in 1924, O’Keeffe sought space to pursue her art unencumbered by societal expectations. Beginning in 1929, she left New York and her husband nearly every summer to paint in New Mexico and moved there permanently after his death. Inspired by the Southwest landscape, she cultivated one of the most successful artistic careers of the twentieth century. While often living far from urban centers, O’Keeffe attracted many admirers, the majority of whom she sought to keep at a distance, including the photographer Paul Strand, the creator of this 1918 portrait.

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1918

Object number

NPG.84.159

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© Aperture Foundation Inc., Paul Strand Archive

Type

Photograph

Medium

Platinum print

Dimensions

Image: 19.9 x 18.9 cm (7 13/16 x 7 7/16")

Sheet: 25.1 x 20.1 cm (9 7/8 x 7 15/16")

Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16")

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Georgia O'Keeffe: Female

Georgia O'Keeffe: Literature\Writer

Georgia O'Keeffe: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter

Georgia O'Keeffe: Visual Arts\Art Instructor

Georgia O'Keeffe: Presidential Medal of Freedom

Portrait

Record ID

npg_NPG.84.159

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

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GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4162f496c-e789-483f-849c-a71759df2cdf