The Dying Chestnut Tree
Photograph
The Dying Chestnut Tree
1927
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/8 × 5 15/16 in. (23.1 × 15.1 cm)
Mount: 13 9/16 × 10 5/8 in. (34.5 × 27 cm)
Matted: 22 × 18 × 3/16 in. (55.9 × 45.7 × 0.4 cm)
Gift of Dorothy Norman
Inscriptions verso-(in pencil) "Dead Tree - Lake George 1934 [sic] Also called
'Life and Death' by Stieglitz"
verso-(original backing, in ink) "For Mrs. Louis Steichen from
Alfred Stieglitz (underlined) who is eternally in debt to her & her
husband An American Place Jan.24 - 1938" (in pencil) "Original by
Alfred Stieglitz inscribed to Dorothy Norman's mother (sic) by A.S.
in his handwriting" "For Philadelphia Museum Collection Dorothy
Norman (lined out)" "given by Mrs. Steichen to Dorothy Norman"...
'Life and Death' by Stieglitz"
verso-(original backing, in ink) "For Mrs. Louis Steichen from
Alfred Stieglitz (underlined) who is eternally in debt to her & her
husband An American Place Jan.24 - 1938" (in pencil) "Original by
Alfred Stieglitz inscribed to Dorothy Norman's mother (sic) by A.S.
in his handwriting" "For Philadelphia Museum Collection Dorothy
Norman (lined out)" "given by Mrs. Steichen to Dorothy Norman"...
