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

'Thunderstorm, Ghost Ranch, Chama Valley, New Mexico'

Auction Closed

February 17, 07:14 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Ansel Adams

1902 - 1984

'Thunderstorm, Ghost Ranch, Chama Valley, New Mexico'


gelatin silver print, mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, the photographer's Carmel studio stamp, with title and dates in ink, and a Michael and Jeanne Adams collection stamp on the reverse, framed, 1937, printed circa 1976; accompanied by a certificate of provenance, signed by Michael and Jeanne Adams (2)

image: 10¼ by 13½ in. (26 by 34.3 cm.)

frame: 20¾ by 24¾ in. (52.7 by 62.9 cm.)

Collection of Virginia Best Adams

By descent to Michael and Jeanne Adams, 1986

Acquired from the above, 2006

Photographs of the Southwest (1976), pl. 4

Letters and Images (1988), p. 102

Ansel Adams in the Lane Collection (2005), pl. 44

Eloquent Light (1963), pp. 146-7

400 Photographs (2007), p. 160

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