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Ansel Adams
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description
- Ansel Adams
- 'Winter Sunrise - The Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California'
- gelatin silver print
mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, the photographer's Carmel studio stamp (BMFA 11), with title in ink, on the reverse, 1944, probably printed between 1973 and 1977
Literature
Nancy Newhall, Ansel Adams: The Eloquent Light, Photographs 1923-1963 (San Francisco, 1963), unpaginated
Ansel Adams (Morgan & Morgan, 1972), pl. 77
Ansel Adams: Yosemite and the Range of Light (Boston, 1979), pl. 99
James Alinder and John Szarkowski, Ansel Adams: Classic Images (Boston, 1985), pl. 38
Ansel Adams, Ansel Adams: An Autobiography (Boston, 1985), p. 262
John Szarkowski, Ansel Adams at 100 (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2001), pl. 85
Ansel Adams, Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs (Boston, 2002), p. 162
Andrea G. Stillman, Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs (Boston, 2007), p. 245
Condition
This print is in generally excellent condition. Upon close examination, the following are visible overall: a few tiny deposits of indeterminate nature; a few tiny impressions, including a small cluster of pinpoint-sized impressions in the lower left quadrant; and several long vertical surface scratches. None of the aforementioned appear to break the emulsion.
The mount is slightly age-darkened around the edges. Faint soiling is visible in a few places on the front and reverse and there are a few surface abrasions around the edges on the reverse of the mount.
Karen Haas's and Rebecca Senf's book, 'Ansel Adams in the Lane Collection,' publishes the most comprehensive list to date of the studio stamps and labels Adams used throughout his career. Our dating of this print is based upon the authors' assessment of the use dates of stamp 11 on the reverse of the mount: 1973 through 1977.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.