Lot 64
  • 64

Ansel Adams

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ansel Adams
  • 'Orchard Portola Valley', Californie, 1940
  • Gelatin silver print. Signed. Stamped on the reverse of the mount.
  • Gelatin silver print
  • 37,8 x 48,8 cm (15 x 19 in.)
Tirage argentique probablement entre 1973 et 1977 contrecollé sur carton. Signé au crayon sur le carton. Titré sur le tampon du photographe au verso du montage.

Provenance

Bloomsbury New York, 17 octobre 2008, lot 118

Literature

James Alinder et John Szarkowski, Ansel Adams : classic images, Boston, Little, Brown, 1986, pl. 48 ;
John Szarkowski, The portfolios of Ansel Adams, Boston, Toronto et Londres, Little, Brown, 1992, pl. 11 ;
Ansel Adams et Andrea Gray Stillman, Ansel Adams : 400 photographs, New York, Little, Brown, 2007, ill. p. 328.

Condition

This silver print with dense contrasts is in excellent condition. With a tiny dent near the upper edge in the center.
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