Live Auction 31438The Collection of Sir Elton
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
Lot 118

ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)

The Dying Chestnut Tree, Life and Death, 1927

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ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
The Dying Chestnut Tree, Life and Death, 1927
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board, mounted on larger board
credited and titled on affixed Sir Elton John Photography collection label (frame backing board)
image/sheet/flush mount: 9 ¼ x 6 1⁄8 in. (23.4 x 15.5 cm.)
secondary mount: 14 ¼ x 10 5⁄8 in. (36.1 x 26.9 cm.)

Gift from the artist to Aline and Charles Liebman;
Private Collection, North America,
Christie's, New York, April 5th 1995, lot 10;
acquired from the above by a private collector;
Sotheby's, Amsterdam, March 13, 2007, lot 17;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

Prints of this image are in the "key set" of the Alfred Stieglitz Collection at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and in the collections of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, N.Y. and the Estate of Georgia O'Keeffe.