What was the title of Georgia O'Keeffe's first solo exhibition at 291 gallery?

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Georgia O'Keeffe's first solo exhibition at 291 gallery was titled Georgia O'Keeffe. Alfred Stieglitz organized the exhibition in 1917 at his influential New York gallery, commonly known as 291.

The show presented drawings and watercolors by an artist whose work was then unusually abstract for the American art scene. Stieglitz had already displayed several of O'Keeffe's charcoal drawings in 1916, creating controversy because he had done so before obtaining her permission.

The 1917 solo exhibition helped introduce O'Keeffe to the New York art world. It also established a long association with Stieglitz's galleries, including later exhibitions at The Intimate Gallery and An American Place.

The exhibition title is sometimes confused with the names of individual works or later retrospective exhibitions. It was simply the artist's name, a straightforward title that signaled a focused presentation of her work. O'Keeffe's later fame would come from many different bodies of work, including flowers, New York architecture, bones, and New Mexico landscapes.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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