CARLETON E. WATKINS | WASHINGTON COLUMN, 208 FEET, YOSEMITE
Auction Closed
April 5, 08:29 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
CARLETON E. WATKINS
1829-1916
WASHINGTON COLUMN, 208 FEET, YOSEMITE
mammoth-plate albumen print, mounted, the photographer’s letterpress label, with title, series number 841, series title, and his ‘San Francisco’ studio address, on the mount, a collection stamp on the reverse, 1878-81
21 by 15¼ in. (53.3 by 38.7 cm.)
The Old Book Store, San Francisco
Collection of Gordon L. Bennett, acquired from the above, 1967
Sotheby's New York, The Gordon L. Bennett Collection of Carleton Watkins New Series Photographs of Yosemite, 28 April 2004, Sale 7966, Lot 58
San Francisco, Focus Gallery, Early Views of Yosemite and the California Missions: Photographs by Carleton E. Watkins from the Collection of Gordon Bennett, November - December 1973