Eclectic | New York

Eclectic | New York

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Property of an Important Midwestern Collection

Carleton E. Watkins

'Glacier Point From Eagle Point Trail, Yosemite'

No reserve

Lot Closed

August 4, 04:20 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of an Important Midwestern Collection

Carleton E. Watkins

1829 - 1916

'Glacier Point From Eagle Point Trail, Yosemite'


mammoth-plate albumen print, mounted, the photographer’s letterpress label, with the title, series number '850,' series title, and his ‘427 Montgomery Street, San Francisco’ studio address, affixed to the mount, a 'Gordon L. Bennett Collection' stamp on the reverse, framed, 1878-81

image: 21 1/4 by 15 1/4 in. (54 by 38.7 cm.)

frame: 34 1/4 by 27 3/4 in. (87 by 70.5 cm.)

The Old Book Store, San Francisco, 1967

Sotheby's New York, The Gordon L. Bennett Collection of Carleton Watkins New Series Photographs of Yosemite, 28 April 2004, Sale 7966, Lot 69

Focus Gallery, San Francisco, Early Views of Yosemite and the California Missions: Photographs by Carleton E. Watkins from the Collection of Gordon Bennett, November – December 1973