Ansel Adams

(San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1960, an edition of 200 numbered copies and 8 artist's proofs), a portfolio of 16 photographs, each mounted, signed, and numbered sequentially by the photographer in ink on the mount, the portfolio stamp, numbered sequentially and '15' in an unidentified hand in red ink, on the reverse, 1926-59, printed in 1960; together with the letterpress title/colophon/plate list and introduction by Adams in duplicate, one numbered '15' in an unidentified hand in ink. Folio, gilt-lettered green cloth portfolio with flaps and ties, no. 15 in a total edition of 208

Originally from the collection of the artist Leonard Scheu (1904-1995), Laguna Beach, California

The prints are in generally excellent condition. Very slight silvering along the edges of the prints is visible only in raking light. The mounts are in generally good condition. The corners are bumped, and there is age-darkening at the edges. The colophons/plate lists are in generally good condition. The top colophon/plate list (which is numbered) has the more noticeable age-darkening. The interior of the folio is in generally good condition. There are some scuffs and age-darkening on the flaps. The exterior of the folio is in generally good to very good condition. There are tiny white specks visible on the front cover, wear on the back cover (resulting in loss of the green pigment), and slight wear on the outer edges of the binding and flaps.
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This portfolio comes originally from the collection of noted California painter Leonard Scheu (1904 – 1995).  Scheu was born in San Francisco and studied at the California School of Fine Arts and at the Art Students League in New York City.  In the late 1930s he settled in Laguna Beach, where he worked primarily in watercolor.  He was a member of the California Watercolor Society and the Laguna Beach Art Association.   

The plates are as follows:

Monolith, The Face of Half Dome

Merced River, Cliffs of Cathedral Rocks, Autumn

Lower Yosemite Fall

Trees and Snow

Branches in Snow

El Capitan Sunrise

Tenaya Creek, Spring Rain

Water and Foam

Winter Storm

Dogwood Blossoms

Grass and Pool

Nevada Fall, Rainbow

Rushing Water, Merced River

Bridalveil Fall

Trees and Cliffs

Half Dome, Thunder Cloud