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

'Point Sur – Monterey County, California'

Auction Closed

December 14, 10:16 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Ansel Adams

1902 - 1984

'Point Sur – Monterey County, California'


gelatin silver print, mounted, signed in ink on the mount, titled in ink and with the photographer's Carmel studio stamp (BMFA 5) and a Michael and Jeanne Adams collection stamp on the reverse, framed, 1962; accompanied by a certificate of provenance, signed by Michael and Jeanne Adams (2)

image: 9 1/4 by 7 in. (23.5 by 17.8 cm.)

frame: 19 7/8 by 16 7/8 in. (50.5 by 42.9 cm.)

Collection of Virginia Best Adams

By descent to Michael and Jeanne Adams, 1980s

Acquired from the above, 2007

Ansel Adams, Polaroid Land Photography Manual: A Technical Handbook (New York, 1963), pl. 36
Salem, Peabody Essex Museum, Ansel Adams: At the Water’s Edge, June – October 2012

Greenwich, The Royal Museums Greenwich, Photography From the Mountains to the Sea, November 2012  – April 2013, and traveling thereafter to:

Sydney, Australian National Maritime Museum, July – December 2013