A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Photographs
A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Photographs
'Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras'
Auction Closed
February 17, 07:14 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Ansel Adams
1902 - 1984
'Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras'
(San Francisco: Jean Chambers Moore, 1927, an edition of 150), a portfolio of 18 gelatin silver prints, each signed 'A. E. Adams' in pencil and with the letterpress title in the margin, in individual letterpress title wrappers, one framed, 1920s, printed in 1927; together with the letterpress title, colophon, dedication to Albert M. Bender, and plate list. Small folio, modern gilt-lettered black cloth portfolio with gold silk lining, one of a projected edition of 150 of which approximately 75 sets were completed
images: each approximately 8 by 6 in. (20 by 15.2 cm.) or the reverse
A Grove of Tamarack Pine:
frame: 17 by 19¾ in. (43.2 by 50.2 cm.)
Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, 2007