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

Ansel Adams

'Canyon De Chelly National Monument, Arizona'

Auction Closed

February 17, 07:14 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Ansel Adams

1902 - 1984

'Canyon De Chelly National Monument, Arizona'

gelatin silver print, mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, signed, titled, and dated in ink, the photographer's San Francisco studio stamp (BMFA 4), numbered '1-NPS-5' in ink, and with annotation 'Property of Virginia Adams' in ink on the reverse, framed, 1942, probably printed no later than the early 1950s; accompanied by a certificate of provenance, signed by Michael and Jeanne Adams (2)

image: 7½ by 9½ in. (19.1 by 24.1 cm.)

frame: 18¾ by 22¾ in. (47.6 by 57.8 cm.)

Collection of Virginia Best Adams

By descent to Michael and Jeanne Adams, 1980s

Acquired from the above, 2006

Photographs of the Southwest (1976), pl. 30

America's Wilderness (1997), p. 28

The Grand Canyon and the Southwest (2000), p. 36

Our National Parks (1992), p. 303

400 Photographs (2007), p. 166

The annotation '1-NPS-5' on the reverse of the present photograph is the negative number. Adams’ detailed numbering system for his negatives provides clues to how and when he made his photographs. ‘1’ denotes it was made from an 8 by 10 inch negative. ‘NPS’ indicates it was made during his time photographing for the National Park Service. ‘5’ is the sequence number within the negative series.