A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Masterworks
A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Masterworks
Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams' Living Room, Carmel
Auction Closed
December 14, 10:16 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Ansel Adams
1902 - 1984
Ansel Adams' Living Room, Carmel
unique Polaroid print, framed, an Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, label on the reverse, circa 1965
image: 4 1/2 by 3 1/2 in. (11.5 by 8.9 cm.)
frame: 15 7/8 by 14 7/8 in. (40.3 by 37.8 cm.)
Lubbock, Texas Tech University, Ansel Adams: American Master, Selections from the David H. Arrington Collection, August 2015 – January 2016
'Mr. and Mrs. Adams found a spot they wanted on the wildly beautiful California coastline below Carmel. They asked an old friend, Architect Eldridge T. Spencer, to fit a house to the land and mold it about their established way of living. Their only conditions were that the house be ruggedly simple and informally spacious. . . To enable the Adams' to share their daily lives, the entire main floor (at entry level) is given over to the integration of their special needs - the combining of everyday living and working functions. As a result, Mr. Adams can pop in and out of his darkroom as easily as Mrs. Adams moves to and from the kitchen, and visitors who drop in for a chat in the living room during working hours seldom find themselves unattended by one or the other of their busy, but gracious hosts.' (House Beautiful, March 1965)