A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Photographs
A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Photographs
Ansel Adams
'Cathedral Peak from Domes Near Tenaya Lake'
Auction Closed
February 17, 07:14 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Ansel Adams
1902 - 1984
'Cathedral Peak from Domes Near Tenaya Lake'
gelatin silver print, the 'Photograph by Ansel Adams' stamp, signed by Virginia Best Adams in pencil, and a Michael and Jeanne Adams collection stamp on the reverse, 1940; accompanied by a certificate of provenance, signed by Michael and Jeanne Adams (2)
image: 7 ⅜ by 9 ⅜ in. (18.7 by 23.8 cm.)
Collection of Virginia Best Adams
By descent to Michael and Jeanne Adams, 1980s
Acquired from the above, 2007
This image was taken at the U. S. Camera Yosemite Photographic Forum, a week-long workshop under the direction of Adams in the summer of 1940. Edward Weston also taught sessions and his wife, Charis Weston, served as a photographic model.