Carleton E. Watkins

'Cathedral Rocks and Spires Yosemite'

Lot Closed

April 7, 04:44 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of an Important Midwestern Collection

Carleton E. Watkins

1829 - 1916

'Cathedral Rocks and Spires Yosemite'

mammoth-plate albumen print, mounted, the photographer's letterpress label, with title, series number '809,' series titles, and his 'San Francisco' studio address, affixed to the mount, a 'Gordon L. Bennett Collection' stamp on the reverse, framed, 1878-81

image: 15 ⅛ by 21 ⅝ in. (38.4 by 54.9 cm.)

frame: 27 ¾ by 34 ¼ in. (70.5 by 87 cm.)

The Old Book Store, San Francisco, 1967

Sotheby's New York, The Gordon L. Bennett Collection of Carleton Watkins New Series Photographs of Yosemite, 28 April 2004, Sale 7966, Lot 45

Focus Gallery, San Francisco, Early Views of Yosemite and the California Missions: Photographs by Carleton E. Watkins from the Collection of Gordon Bennett, November – December 1973

Monterey Museum of Art, Carleton E. Watkins: Yosemite Photographs, Courtesy of Gordon L. Bennett, June – September 1993