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Ansel Adams

Sentinel Falls, Yosemite Valley

Auction Closed

February 17, 07:14 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Ansel Adams

1902 - 1984

Sentinel Falls, Yosemite Valley


gelatin silver print, with the 'Photograph by Ansel Adams' stamp, signed by Virginia Best Adams in pencil, and a Michael and Jeanne Adams collection stamp on the reverse, framed, 1940; accompanied by a certificate of provenance, signed by Michael and Jeanne Adams (2)

image: 9⅜ by 7 in. (23.8 by 17.8 cm.)

frame: 19⅞ by 16⅞ in. (50.5 by 42.9 cm.)

Collection of Virginia Best Adams

By descent to Michael and Jeanne Adams, 1980s

Acquired from the above, 2007

Salem, Peabody Essex Museum, Ansel Adams: At the Water’s Edge, June – October 2012

Greenwich, The Royal Museums Greenwich, Photography From the Mountains to the Sea, November 2012  – April 2013, and traveling thereafter to:

Sydney, Australian National Maritime Museum, July – December 2013

Illustrated Guide to Yosemite (1963), p. 50

Ansel Adams in Yosemite Valley (2014), fig. 21