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

'White House Ruin, Canyon De Chelly National Monument, Arizona'

Auction Closed

December 14, 10:16 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 9,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Ansel Adams

1902 - 1984

'White House Ruin, Canyon De Chelly National Monument, Arizona'


gelatin silver print, titled in ink and with the 'Photograph by Ansel Adams' stamp, signed by Virginia Best Adams in pencil, on the reverse, framed, 1949; accompanied by a certificate of provenance, signed by Michael and Jeanne Adams (2)

image: 9 1/2 by 7 5/8 in. (24.1 by 19.4 cm.)

frame: 20 3/4 by 16 7/8 in. (52.7 by 42.9 cm.)

Collection of Virginia Best Adams

By descent to Michael and Jeanne Adams, 1980s

Acquired from the above, 2007

John Szarkowski, The Portfolios of Ansel Adams (Boston, 1977),unpaginated
Lubbock, Texas Tech University, Ansel Adams: American Master, Selections from the David H. Arrington Collection, August 2015 – January 2016