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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz
Florine Stettheimer made this painting as a gift for Alfred Stieglitz. Before seeing the portrait, Georgia O’Keeffe wrote to Stettheimer in 1928: "I am very curious about it. He is so many contradictory things that I can't help wondering what you chose to put down. You undoubtedly don't see him as I do; no reason why you should.”
Stettheimer replied: “I don't think I have painted your special Stieglitz. I imagine I tried to do his own special Stieglitz, but probably I only achieved my special Stieglitz.”
ArtistFlorine Stettheimer(1871-1944)
Date1928
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions41 3/4 x 29 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.
Signedl.r.: Florine Stettheimer
Credit LineAlfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
ClassificationPainting
ProvenanceAlfred Stieglitz, New York, NY; by bequest to Georgia O’Keeffe (his wife), New York, NY, 1946; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, 1949; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, as co-owners, 2012
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 170× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.
