Anita Pollitzer introduced Georgia O'Keeffe's abstract drawings to Alfred Stieglitz. Pollitzer, a fellow student and friend, showed Stieglitz O'Keeffe's work at his New York gallery in 1916.
Stieglitz was a major photographer, publisher, and promoter of modern art in the United States. He was impressed by the drawings and exhibited them at his gallery, 291, without O'Keeffe's initial permission. The episode began a professional relationship that profoundly affected O'Keeffe's public career.
Stieglitz and O'Keeffe later married in 1924, although their relationship was complicated and both maintained significant artistic independence. Pollitzer's role is sometimes overlooked because Stieglitz became so closely linked with O'Keeffe's career, but Pollitzer was the person who first brought the drawings to him.