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
'Parmelian Prints of The High Sierras'
Auction Closed
December 14, 10:16 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
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Ansel Adams
1902 - 1984
'Parmelian Prints of The High Sierras'
(San Francisco: Jean Chambers Moore, 1927, an edition of 150), a portfolio of 18 gelatin silver prints, each signed 'A. E. Adams' or 'Ansel E. Adams' in pencil and with the letterpress title in the margin, in individual letterpress title wrappers, 9 framed, 1920s, printed in 1927; together with the letterpress title, colophon, dedication to Albert M. Bender, and plate list. Small folio, modern gilt-lettered black cloth portfolio with gold silk lining, one of a projected edition of 150 of which approximately 75 sets were completed
images: each approximately 8 by 6 in. (20 by 15.2 cm.) or the reverse
frames: each 19 by 23 in. (48.3 by 58.4 cm.) or the reverse
Salem, Peabody Essex Museum, Ansel Adams: At the Water’s Edge, June – October 2012
Greenwich, The Royal Museums Greenwich, Photography From the Mountains to the Sea, November 2012 – April 2013, and traveling thereafter to:
Sydney, Australian National Maritime Museum, July – December 2013
Lubbock, Texas Tech University, Ansel Adams: American Master, Selections from the David H. Arrington Collection, August 2015 – January 2016
BANNER PEAK and MONOLITH:
Lubbock, Texas Tech University, Ansel Adams: American Master, Selections from the David H. Arrington Collection, August 2015 – January 2016