A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Masterworks
A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Masterworks
Ansel Adams
'Monument Valley, Utah'
Auction Closed
December 14, 10:16 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Ansel Adams
1902 - 1984
'Monument Valley, Utah'
gelatin silver print, mounted to Crescent illustration board, signed in pencil on the mount, the photographer's Carmel studio stamps (BMFA 5 and 6), titled in ink, and with a Michael and Jeanne Adams collection stamp, on the reverse, framed, 1958, probably printed between 1962 and 1963; accompanied by a certificate of provenance, signed by Michael and Jeanne Adams (2)
image: 7 5/8 by 9 5/8 in. (19.4 by 24.4 cm.)
frame: 16 3/4 by 20 7/8 in. (42.5 by 50 cm.)
By descent to Michael and Jeanne Adams, 1980s
Acquired from the above, 2006
Ansel Adams, The Camera (Boston, 1980), fig. 10-9
James Alinder and John Szarkowski, Ansel Adams: Classic Images (Boston, 1985), pl. 58
John P. Schaefer, The Ansel Adams Guide Book 1: Basic Techniques of Photography (Boston, 1992), fig. 5.7
Andrea Gray Stillman, ed., Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs (Boston, 2007), p. 336