What was the name of Georgia O'Keeffe's first one-person exhibition in 1917?

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Georgia O'Keeffe's first one-person exhibition was titled Georgia O'Keeffe and opened at 291 in 1917.

Alfred Stieglitz organized the exhibition at his New York gallery, presenting a group of O'Keeffe's charcoal abstractions and watercolors. The show gave her work an important early platform and connected her with the modernist art world.

The exhibition followed Stieglitz's discovery of her drawings and helped establish a professional relationship that shaped the next phase of her career. It was not a retrospective; it was an early solo presentation of a then-emerging artist.

O'Keeffe later became far better known for flowers, bones, New York architecture, and New Mexico landscapes, but this 1917 exhibition marked a crucial beginning in her public career.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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