The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
  • Recto of print with original mount
  • Recto of print
  • Verso of original mount

Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)

The Dying Chestnut Tree—My Teacher, 1927

Gelatin silver print; 23.7 x 19.2 cm (image/paper/first mount); 52.9 x 41.9 cm (second mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.781

 

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