Lot 18
Ansel Adams (1902-1984)
Moonrise, Hernandez, NM, 1941
Estimate
$35,000 - $45,000

Sold for $75,600

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Ansel Adams (1902-1984)
Moonrise, Hernandez, NM, 1941

Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1974, signed in pencil on the mount; titled in ink and 'Carmel' stamp on the mount verso.
image: 15 3/8 x 19 1/2in. (39 x 49.5cm.) mount: 22 x 28in. (55.9 x 71.1cm.)

Provenance:
From Ansel Adams;
to an Important Private Collection, Pennsylvania, acquired 1974

Literature:
Adams, Photographs of the Southwest, New York Graphic Society, 1966, pl. 55;
Alinder, Ansel Adams, 1902-1984, The Friends of Photography, 1984, p. 55;
Stillman, Ansel Adams: Letters and Images 1916-1984, Little, Brown & Co., 1988, p. 142;
Ansel Adams, Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs, Little, Brown & Co., 1989, cover, p. 40;
Szarkowski, Ansel Adams at 100, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/Little, Brown & Co., 2001, pl. 96;
Hammond, Ansel Adams, Divine Performance, Yale University Press, 2002, p. 94, fig. 4.10
Condition Report
Neutral toned print on semi-gloss paper, trimmed to edges and mounted on archival board. Mount slightly bowed, not affecting the image. A beautiful print, in excellent condition. Sold framed, glazed with plexi.

Frame dims: 24 x 30in.

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