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Georgia O'Keeffe- Hand and Wheel

1933

Alfred Stieglitz

(American, 1864–1946)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 24.2 x 19.2 cm (9 1/2 x 7 9/16 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Cary Ross, Knoxville, Tennessee 1935.99
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

One of the first photographs to enter the museum’s collection was Alfred Stieglitz’s close-up of the hand of his wife, the painter Georgia O’Keeffe.

Description

Georgia O’Keeffe lovingly caresses the spare tire of her Ford V-8 convertible coupe. The image was made during her reunion with her husband—and much beloved car—after an extended convalescence following a nervous breakdown. O’Keeffe had paid for the car herself; for her it was not just a glossy object of consumer desire but symbolized independence and freedom.
A black and white photograph of a light skin toned hand and arm extending from the lower right corner, placed on the side of a car tire. Light reflects off the chrome metal of the car tire. The lower left corner of the photograph is the tire's center, which is a silver circle and has the letter "V" and number "8" superimposed on top of each other.

Georgia O'Keeffe- Hand and Wheel

1933

Alfred Stieglitz

(American, 1864–1946)
America

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