Hands of Georgia O'Keeffe at 291

Hands of Georgia O'Keeffe at 291

Alfred Stieglitz, June 1917

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Artist: Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)
Medium: Platinum and palladium print
Size: Image: 24.4 × 19.5 cm (9 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
Culture: American
Museum: J. Paul Getty Museum
Rights: CC0 — no rights reserved

[Georgia O'Keeffe] is much more extraordinary than even I had believed--In fact I don't believe there has ever been anything like her--Mind and feeling very clear--spontaneous--& uncannily beautiful--absolutely living every pulse beat.

Early in Alfred Stieglitz's relationship with O'Keeffe he wrote this adulatory description of her to a friend. Stieglitz made this expressive study of O'Keeffee's nearly dancing hands and her torso, dressed in a crisp black dress with a sheer, voile shawl collar, reminiscent of the one she wore when they first met at his gallery. O'Keeffe, by then already an accomplished painter, expressed herself eloquently through her hands, and Stieglitz recognized their emotive potential.

Text: J. Paul Getty Trust, CC BY 4.0.

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