A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Masterworks
A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Masterworks
'Clouds, Chama Valley, New Mexico'
Auction Closed
December 14, 10:16 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Ansel Adams
1902 - 1984
'Clouds, Chama Valley, New Mexico'
gelatin silver print, titled and annotated 'Plate 4,' in ink on the reverse, framed, 1937, printed no later than 1938
image: 4 1/2 by 6 1/2 in. (11.4 by 16.5 cm.)
frame: 15 3/4 by 16 3/4 in. (40 by 42.5 cm.)
By descent to Fenwick Small, Jr.
Richard Moore Photographs, Oakland, 2006, Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, as agent
Adams made this print, along with that in Lot 109, for a 1938 article published in Zeiss, a magazine devoted to photography created with Zeiss Ikon cameras. Adams' article is filled with technical information, including that these photographs were taken with a Zeiss Juwell fitted with a 22cm Protar lens.