ID 1134318
Lot 118 | ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 7 000
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.)
Provenance
Gift from the artist to Alice 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.
Literature
Sarah Greenough, Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and New York, 2002, 1193.
Mulligan, The Photography of Alfred Stieglitz: Georgia O' Keefe's Enduring Legacy, George Eastman House, Rochester, 2000, pl. 1 and 151.
| Artist: | Alfred Stieglitz (1864 - 1946) |
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| Applied technique: | Gelatin silver print |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Artist: | Alfred Stieglitz (1864 - 1946) |
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| Applied technique: | Gelatin silver print |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | ||
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