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