The Dying Chestnut

Photography and Media

1919

Alfred Stieglitz
American, 1864–1946

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Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Alfred Stieglitz
Title: The Dying Chestnut
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1919
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: No markings recto or verso
Dimensions: Image: 24.3 × 19.2 cm (9 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.); Paper/mount: 25 × 20.1 cm (9 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Reference Number: 1949.770
IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Learn more.: https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/66519/manifest.json

Annear, Judy and Sarah Greenough. 2010. “Alfred Stieglitz: The Lake George Years.” Exh. cat. Art Gallery of New South Wales. p. 86.

Art Institute of Chicago, “Seldom Seen Photographs from the Permanent Collection,” June 5, 1976-August 15, 1976.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Crossing the Line: Photography Reconsidered,” January 29–June 4, 2000. (David Travis)
Sydney, Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, “Alfred Stieglitz: The Lake George Years,” June 17–September 5, 2010.

The Alfred Stieglitz Collection

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