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Lot 174
  • 174

Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984)

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Ansel Adams
  • Evening Clouds, East side of the Sierra Nevada, California, 1962
Tirage argentique, probablement d'entre 1963 et 1970, probablement d'un négatif Polaroid Type 55, contrecollé sur carton fort, signé à l'encre noire en bas à droite. Au verso, avec les tampons de l'atelier Carmel (BMFA 7 et 8), titré à l'encre noire et avec les tampons 'Property of Polaroid' et 'Photography by Photographic Service Group'.

Provenance

Sotheby's, Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, New York, 21 & 22 juin 2010, lot 260.

Literature

John Szarkowski, The Portfolios of Ansel Adams, Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1977, ill. IV pl. 15;
Ansel Adams, Yosemite and the range of light, Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1979, pl. 42 (variante);
James Alinder / John Szarkowski, Ansel Adams : Classic Images, Boston, Little, Brown, 1985, ill. pl. 73 (variante).

Condition

In good condition. When examined in raking light, the following are visible: a linear scuff (approx. 10cm) that goes over into a faint scratch (approx. 12cm) in the lower right quadrant; a very faint scratch (approx. 2cm) with a tiny indentation breaking the gelatine layer in the lower right quadrant near the edge; another very faint superficial scratch starting in the upper left quadrant at the upper edge and going into the upper right quadrant; very light rubbing marks in the lower left quadrant. All the above are only visible in raking light. The mount with light surface dirt and some very light age-darkening.
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