Georgia O'Keeffe: A Portrait
Support: 10 1/2 × 8 1/8 in. (26.7 × 20.6 cm)
Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
Text Entries
A memorandum dated March 7, 1994 (see object file) from museum director David Turner to curator Steve Yates refers to a conversation Turner had with Sarah Greenough about whether or not to treat a “dust spot” on the print. Because the print was unmounted and thus had not reached the final presentation stage, Greenough believed that Stieglitz simply had not yet done the spotting that would finish the piece and render it ready for exhibition. She recommended that the museum do a written and photo documentation of the state in which the print was received and then have a professional do the small cosmetic alteration on the print with non-permanent materials. No further information or documentation has been found regarding this matter.
See Greenough, “Alfred Steiglitz: The Key Set,” Vol. 2, 2002, p. 291, #474.
Other known prints of this image are in the collections of the National Gallery of Art; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the J. Paul Getty Museum; and private collections.