A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Masterworks
A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Masterworks
'Fallen Tree, Kern River Canyon' (Sequoia National Park, California)
Auction Closed
December 14, 10:16 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Ansel Adams
1902 - 1984
'Fallen Tree, Kern River Canyon' (Sequoia National Park, California)
gelatin silver print, title in ink, annotations in pencil and ink, the photographer's Carmel studio stamp (BMFA 11), and with a Michael and Jeanne Adams collection stamp on the reverse, framed, circa 1935, probably printed between 1973 and 1977; accompanied by a certificate of provenance, signed by Michael and Jeanne Adams (2)
image: 9 7/8 by 12 in. (25.1 by 30.5 cm.)
frame: 18 3/4 by 22 3/4 in. (47.6 by 57.8 cm.)
By descent to Michael and Jeanne Adams, 1980s
Acquired from the above, 2007
Ansel Adams, Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail ( New York, 2006), pl. 48
Andrea Gray Stillman, ed., Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs (Boston, 2007), p. 119
Lubbock, Texas Tech University, Ansel Adams: American Master, Selections from the David H. Arrington Collection, August 2015 – January 2016
Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Ansel Adams: Eloquent Light, March – July 2016