Photographs
Photographs
Property of an Important Midwestern Collection
Carleton E. Watkins
'View Down the Valley from the Ferry Bend, Yosemite'
Lot Closed
April 7, 04:48 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of an Important Midwestern Collection
Carleton E. Watkins
1829 - 1916
'View Down the Valley from the Ferry Bend, Yosemite'
mammoth-plate albumen print, mounted, the photographer's letterpress label, with the title, series title and number '811,' 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: 14 ⅞ by 21 ¼ in. (37.8 by 54 cm.)
frame: 27 ¾ by 34 ¼ in. (70.5 by 87 cm.)
Sotheby's New York, The Gordon L. Bennett Collection of Carleton Watkins New Series Photographs of Yosemite, 28 April 2004, Sale 7966, Lot 62