num_pages: 147
description: Alfred Stieglitz took his first photographs of the artist Georgia O'Keeffe at his gallery 291 in the spring of 1917. His idea of a portrait was not just one photograph but a series of images that would portray many aspects of a person. His Portrait of O'Keeffe which ultimately comprised more than three hundred photographs taken during a twenty-year period was and remains revolutionary in its multiplicity range and psychological insight.In 1978 The Metropolitan Museum of Art published the first edition of this book which included fifty-one photographs selected by Georgia O'Keeffe who wrote a fascinating introduction explaining the origins of these photographs as well as her reflections on them many years after they were made.This edition represents a significant expansion of that book; it is published on the occasion of the Museum's acquisition - through a generous gift - of seventy-four photographs from the Portrait a group of the most exquisite and beloved photographic prints ever made. To the original plates have been added thirty additional reproductions so that the Metropolitan Museum's entire collection of prints that make up the Portrait of O'Keeffe is now fully represented. Maria Morris Hambourg the Museum's curator of photography provides a thoughtful discussion of the history and meaning of the Portrait along with technical notes on the plates.
language: English
title: Georgia O'Keeffe A Portrait by Alfred Stieglitz
publisher: Abrams