Untitled (Portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe)

Photograph

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Image retrieved from Estate of Yousuf Karsh website. [IR 05/12/2025]

Name/Title

Untitled (Portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe)

Entry/Object ID

2024.143.1

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin silver enlargement print

Category

Theme: Portraits, American Art, 1945 to Today

Acquisition

Accession

2024.143

Source or Donor

Jerry Fielder

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Crocker Art Museum, gift of Jerry Fielder and Daniel Campbell-Benson in honor of Mary Margaret and Jerry Fielder, Sr.

Source (if not Accessioned)

Jerry Fielder

Notes

Crocker Art Museum, gift of Jerry Fielder and Daniel Campbell-Benson in honor of Mary Margaret and Jerry Fielder, Sr.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Yousuf Karsh

Role

Artist

Date made

n.d.

Time Period

20th Century

Notes

Appraisal states photograph was taken in 1956, and this copy was printed later. [IR 05/12/2025]

Dimensions

Height

40 in

Width

30 in

Location

Category

Storage

Category

Temporary

Category

Temporary

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Website Medium

Label

Gelatin silver enlargement print

General Notes

Note Type

Artist Statement

Note

Retrieved from the Estate of Yousuf Karsh website: “I decided to photograph her as another friend had described her: ‘Georgia, her pure profile calm, clear; her sleek black hair drawn swiftly back into a tight knot at the nape of her neck; the strong white hands, touching and lifting everything, even the boiled eggs, as if they were living things - sensitive slow-moving hands, coming out of the black and white, always this black and white.’ This portrait hangs in her Abiquiu home, now a museum operated by the Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation.” [IR 05/12/2025]