A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Masterworks

Ansel Adams

'Cathedral Peak, Tuolumne River, Yosemite'

Auction Closed

December 14, 10:16 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Ansel Adams

1902 - 1984

'Cathedral Peak, Tuolumne River, Yosemite'

gelatin silver print, the 'Photograph by Ansel Adams' stamp, signed, titled, and dated by Virginia Best Adams in pencil, and a Michael and Jeanne Adams collection stamp on the reverse, framed, circa 1944; accompanied by a certificate of provenance, signed by Michael and Jeanne Adams (2)

image: 6 5/8 by 9 1/2 in. (16.8 by 24.1 cm.)

frame: 18 7/8 by 22 7/8 in. (47.9 by 58.1 cm.)

Collection of Virginia Best Adams

By descent to Michael and Jeanne Adams, 1980s

Acquired from the above, 2007

Modena, Fondazione Cassa de Risparmio de Modena, Ansel Adams La Natura è il mio Regno, September 2011 – January 2012

Salem, Peabody Essex Museum, Ansel Adams: At the Water’s Edge, June – October 2012

Greenwich, The Royal Museums Greenwich, Photography From the Mountains to the Sea, November 2012 – April 2013, and traveling thereafter to:

Sydney, Australian National Maritime Museum, July – December 2013

This image was taken from the Soda Springs area in Tuolumne Meadows, near Parsons Memorial Lodge. The land was sold to The Sierra Club in 1912 and the site was operated as a private campground for Sierra Club members until 1972, when the Club signed over the land to the National Park Service.