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

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

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Ansel Adams

'San Francisco from T. V. Hill (San Bruno Mountain)'

Auction Closed

February 17, 07:14 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Ansel Adams

1902 - 1984

'San Francisco from T. V. Hill (San Bruno Mountain)'


gelatin silver print, mounted to Crescent illustration board, signed in ink on the mount, the photographer's Carmel studio stamps (BMFA 5 and 6), titled and annotated '1-SF-45' and 'Wells Fargo Bank' in ink, on the reverse, framed, 1952, probably printed between 1962 and 1963

image: 14⅞ by 19¼ in. (37.8 by 48.9 cm.)

frame: 31⅜ by 35⅜ in. (79.7 by 89.8 cm.)

Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, 2007

Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, 2007

The Pageant of History in Northern California (1954), pl. 10

San Francisco Heritage (1987), pl. 3

California (1997), p. 20

400 Photographs (2007), p. 323

This image was taken as part of a commission from the Redwood Empire Association, an organization committed to encouraging tourism in northwest California.