Ansel Adams (1902-1984) Portfolio VI, 1974
Sale 1248 - Photographs, including an Important Collection of Ansel Adams
Nov 28, 2023
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Ansel Adams (1902-1984) Portfolio VI, 1974
New York: Parasol Press, 1974, 9 of 10 gelatin silver prints, each signed, consecutively numbered 'VI-1-10' (lacking plate 4 Silverton, 1951) and '25/110' in pencil on the mount; Portfolio VI copyright credit stamp on the mount verso; printed title page, plate list, colophon, dedication page, and introduction by Beaumont and Nancy Newhall; contained in an elephant folio, beige linen clamshell box.
each c.19 3/4 by 15 1/4in. (50.2 by 38.7cm.) or the reverse mount: each 23 x 29in. (68.5 x 73.6cm.)
Provenance:
From Ansel Adams;
to an Important Private Collection, Pennsylvania, acquired 1974
Literature:
Szarkowski, The Portfolios of Ansel Adams, Little, Brown & Co., 1977, unpaginated
Images as follows:
Edward Weston, Carmel Highlands, California, 1941;
Antelope House Ruin, Canyon de Chelley National Monument, Arizona, 1942;
Maroon Bells, near Aspen, Colorado, 1951;
Graduation Dress, Yosemite Valley, California, 1948;
Still Life, San Francisco, c. 1932;
White Post and Spandrel, Columbia, California, 1953;
Alders, Prairie Creek Beach, California, c. 1949;
Fresh Snow, Yosemite Valley, California, c. 1947;
Gottardo Piazzoni in His Studio, San Francisco, c. 1932
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