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
LeConte Memorial Lodge, Yosemite Valley, California
Auction Closed
February 17, 07:14 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Ansel Adams
1902 - 1984
LeConte Memorial Lodge, Yosemite Valley, California
gelatin silver print, mounted to chocolate-brown card and again to textured ivory card, with the 'Photograph by Ansel Adams' stamp, signed by Virginia Best Adams in ink and with title and date in pencil, and a Michael and Jeanne Adams collection stamp on the reverse, framed, circa 1929; accompanied by a certificate of provenance, signed by Michael and Jeanne Adams (2)
image: 5½ by 3¼ in. (14 by 33.7 cm.)
frame: 19⅞ by 16⅞ in. (50.5 by 42.9 cm.)
Adams scholar Mary Street Alinder notes that during the 1920s Adams utilized a wide variety of paperstock – including matte-surface, gold-toned papers – and often affixed his photographs to textured, colored mounts ranging from buff to deep brown.
Beginning in 1920, Adams served for four years as the summer custodian of LeConte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite. A horizontal image of the Sierra Club structure became Adams’ first published image when it appeared in the San Francisco magazine Overland Monthly in 1921.