Which city hosted Georgia O'Keeffe's first solo exhibition in 1917?

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Georgia O'Keeffe's first solo exhibition in 1917 was held in New York City. Alfred Stieglitz organized the show at his gallery, 291, presenting a group of her drawings and watercolors.

The exhibition was significant because it introduced O'Keeffe's work to an influential audience in the center of the American modern-art world. Stieglitz had already seen photographs of her abstract charcoal drawings and recognized their unusual visual force.

This event predates O'Keeffe's best-known flower paintings and her permanent move to New Mexico. Chicago was important in her art education, while New York became the site of her early professional breakthrough. The exhibition is therefore associated with New York City, not with her later Southwestern home.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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