A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Masterworks

Ansel Adams

'Self-Portrait, Monument Valley, Utah'

Auction Closed

December 14, 10:16 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Ansel Adams

1902 - 1984

'Self-Portrait, Monument Valley, Utah'

gelatin silver print, mounted to Hi-Art illustration board, signed in pencil on the mount, titled and annotated 'For Sue and Otto Love Ansel Adams 2-14-71' in ink and the photographer's Carmel studio stamps (BMFA 7 and 8), titled and dated in ink, on the reverse, framed, an Andrew Smith Gallery, Sante Fe, label on the reverse, 1958, printed circa 1971

image: 13 3/4 by 9 1/8 in. (34.9 by 23.2 cm.)

frame: 26 7/8 by 22 7/8 in. (68.3 by 58.1 cm.)

Private collection, 2006, Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, as agent

Liliane de Cock Morgan, ed., Ansel Adams (Hastings on Hudson, 1972), pl. 117

James Alinder and John Szarkowski, Ansel Adams: Classic Images (Boston, 1985), frontispiece

John P. Schaefer, The Ansel Adams Guide Book 1: Basic Techniques of Photography (Boston, 1992), fig. 2.1

Michael Read, ed., Ansel Adams, New Light: Essays on His Legacy and Legend (San Francisco, 1993, p. 19

Karen E. Haas and Rebecca A. Senf, Ansel Adams in the Lane Collection (Boston, 2005), frontispiece