A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Masterworks

Ansel Adams

'Self-Portrait, Monument Valley, Utah'

Auction Closed

December 14, 10:16 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Ansel Adams

1902 - 1984

'Self-Portrait, Monument Valley, Utah'

gelatin silver print, mounted to Hi-Art illustration board, signed in pencil on the mount, titled and annotated 'For Sue and Otto Love Ansel Adams 2-14-71' in ink and the photographer's Carmel studio stamps (BMFA 7 and 8), titled and dated in ink, on the reverse, framed, an Andrew Smith Gallery, Sante Fe, label on the reverse, 1958, printed circa 1971

image: 13 3/4 by 9 1/8 in. (34.9 by 23.2 cm.)

frame: 26 7/8 by 22 7/8 in. (68.3 by 58.1 cm.)

Private collection, 2006, Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, as agent

Liliane de Cock Morgan, ed., Ansel Adams (Hastings on Hudson, 1972), pl. 117

James Alinder and John Szarkowski, Ansel Adams: Classic Images (Boston, 1985), frontispiece

John P. Schaefer, The Ansel Adams Guide Book 1: Basic Techniques of Photography (Boston, 1992), fig. 2.1

Michael Read, ed., Ansel Adams, New Light: Essays on His Legacy and Legend (San Francisco, 1993, p. 19

Karen E. Haas and Rebecca A. Senf, Ansel Adams in the Lane Collection (Boston, 2005), frontispiece

Lubbock, Texas Tech University, Ansel Adams: American Master, Selections from the David H. Arrington Collection, August 2015 – January 2016