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

Oak Tree, Autumn, Yosemite Valley, CA

Auction Closed

December 14, 10:16 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Ansel Adams

1902 - 1984

Oak Tree, Autumn, Yosemite Valley, CA


gelatin silver print, the 'Photograph by Ansel Adams' stamp, signed by Virginia Best Adams in pencil, and a Michael and Jeanne Adams collection stamp on the reverse, framed, a San Francisco Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art exhibition labels on the reverse, circa 1935; accompanied by a certificate of provenance, signed by Michael and Jeanne Adams (2)

image: 9 1/2 by 6 7/8 in. (24.1 by 17.5 cm.)

frame: 19 3/8 by 15 1/4 in. (49.2 by 38.7 cm.)

Collection of Virginia Best Adams

By descent to Michael and Jeanne Adams, 1980s

Acquired from the above, 2006

John Szarkowski, Ansel Adams at 100 (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2001), pl. 51 (this print)