Mount Watkins, Fully Reflected in Mirror Lake, Yosemite, 1865-1866
Details
CARLETON E. WATKINS (1829–1916)
Mount Watkins, Fully Reflected in Mirror Lake, Yosemite, 1865-1866
mammoth-plate albumen print, mounted on board
titled in ink (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 20 ¼ x 15 ½ in. (51.4 x 39.3 cm.)
mount: 26 ¼ x 20 ½ in. (66.6 x 52 cm.)
Mount Watkins, Fully Reflected in Mirror Lake, Yosemite, 1865-1866
mammoth-plate albumen print, mounted on board
titled in ink (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 20 ¼ x 15 ½ in. (51.4 x 39.3 cm.)
mount: 26 ¼ x 20 ½ in. (66.6 x 52 cm.)
Provenance
The Great American Shop, Georgetown, Washington, DC;
acquired from the above by a private collector, 1981;
Christie's New York, October 6, 1998, lot 119;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
acquired from the above by a private collector, 1981;
Christie's New York, October 6, 1998, lot 119;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Weston Naef and Christine Hult Lewis, Carleton Watkins: The Complete Mammoth Photographs, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2001, cat. no. 234, p. 104.
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