Alfred Stieglitz first exhibited Georgia O'Keeffe's work after receiving it from Anita Pollitzer.
Pollitzer, an artist and former classmate of O'Keeffe, showed some of O'Keeffe's drawings to Stieglitz at his New York gallery in 1916. Stieglitz recognized the importance of the work and displayed it without O'Keeffe's prior permission, beginning a professional relationship that shaped both artists' public careers.
He presented O'Keeffe's first solo exhibition in 1917 and later photographed her extensively. Their relationship became personal, and they married in 1924. Stieglitz remained an important advocate for her work even as O'Keeffe increasingly developed an independent career and spent more time in New Mexico.
This fact concerns the first exhibition connection, not the name of the gallery or the year of their marriage. Those are related but distinct details in their shared history.