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

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

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Ansel Adams

Panama–Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco

Auction Closed

December 14, 10:16 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Ansel Adams

1902 - 1984

 Panama–Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco


gelatin silver print, with 'Dec 4th - 1915' and 'Kodak Bulls eye Camera' in pencil and a Michael and Jeanne Adams collection stamp on the reverse, framed, 1915; accompanied by a certificate of provenance, signed by Michael and Jeanne Adams (2)

image: 6 3/4 by 6 7/8 in. (17.1 by 17.5 cm.)

frame: 21 7/8 by 17 7/8 in. (55.6 by 45.5 cm.)

Collection of Virginia Best Adams

By descent to Michael and Jeanne Adams, 1980s

Acquired from the above, 2007

James A. Ganz, Jewel City: Art from San Francisco’s Panama-Pacific International Exposition (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2015), Fig. 130