Georgia O'Keeffe's first solo exhibition in 1917 was held at Alfred Stieglitz's New York gallery, 291.
The gallery was formally known as the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession and was located at 291 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Its address became its familiar name. Stieglitz used the space to show innovative European and American art, including photography, modern painting, and sculpture.
O'Keeffe's 1917 exhibition presented charcoal drawings made while she was teaching in Texas and South Carolina. The show helped establish her connection with New York's modernist circles. The gallery name is often confused with the Armory Show, the large 1913 exhibition that introduced many Americans to European modern art, but 291 was a smaller, Stieglitz-run venue.