Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984)

Portfolio avec 15 tirages argentiques. Chaque tirage contrecollé sur carton et signé au sylo à bille en bas du tirage. Au verso de chaque carton, une étiquette en papier imprimé avec des détails sur l'édition et numéroté 128 au stylo à bille rouge. Chaque carton dans une chemise de papier numérotée 1 à 15 et des poèmes de Russel Harrison Varian et de John Osborne Varian imprimés sur la couverture. Avec 2 feuillets identiques de titres de page, les deux numérotés 128 au stylo à bille rouge, et avec un feuillet avec un texte sur Russell Varian. Exemplaire no. 128 d'une édition de 260. Dans l'emboîtage original avec le titre et la date imprimés en or sur la couverture.

Collection privée française

The Portfolios of Ansel Adams, Boston, Little Brown and Co., 1998, s. p.

This portfolio is in generally good condition. There are a few noticeable issues that bear mentioning, but most of these affect the mounts and not the prints themselves which are in generally excellent condition. The one print that is very slightly affected is Teklanika River, Plate One. When the print is examined closely in raking light, some faint unevenness is evident in the adhesion of the print to the mount in the upper right quadrant. Some discrete interior areas of the print appear to have lifted somewhat --- this is only visible upon very close examination and is not apparent under normal viewing conditions. A few of the mounts bear very light traces of foxing. The upper left corner of a few mounts have a very small slightly, discoloured water staining. There is a very slight musty odor attendant to the photographs and portfolio case. As noted, there are two sets of title sheets, and one set is slightly yellowed, while the other is in good condition. The portfolio case is partially slightly discoloured. The portfolio was purchased in the 1960s by the present owner and has remained in the family collection since.
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