by Artist (4)
Yousuf Karsh
Canadian, born Armenia, 1908–2002
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) O’Keeffe was the best-known female American painter of the twentieth century. In 1916 she met Alfred Stieglitz, a pioneering photographer and advocate of modern art, who she soon married. In 1929 she visited Taos, returned frequently during the 1930s, and settled in New Mexico after Stieglitz’s death in 1946. She enjoyed retrospective exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art—their first for a woman—and the Whitney Museum cataloged her work. Karsh photographed O’Keeffe at Ghost Ranch, her home in New Mexico. His study of her hands echo those Stieglitz had made earlier.
Canadian, born Armenia, 1908–2002
Georgia O'Keeffe
1956
Object Type:
Photograph
Dimensions:
39 3/4 in. x 29 7/8 in. (100.97 cm x 75.88 cm)
Medium and Support:
Gelatin silver print on paper
Accession Number:
1996.0005.0008
Credit Line:
Gifted to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts by the artist in honor of Museum Director, Mark M. Johnson
Copyright:
© Estate of Yousuf Karsh
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) O’Keeffe was the best-known female American painter of the twentieth century. In 1916 she met Alfred Stieglitz, a pioneering photographer and advocate of modern art, who she soon married. In 1929 she visited Taos, returned frequently during the 1930s, and settled in New Mexico after Stieglitz’s death in 1946. She enjoyed retrospective exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art—their first for a woman—and the Whitney Museum cataloged her work. Karsh photographed O’Keeffe at Ghost Ranch, her home in New Mexico. His study of her hands echo those Stieglitz had made earlier.
Keywords
Click a term to view the records with the same keyword
Portfolio List
Click a portfolio name to view all the objects in that portfolio
This object is a member of the following portfolios:
Your current search criteria is: Keyword is "JP" and [Object]Century is "Twentieth Century" and [Object]Nationality is ".