Lot 17
17
ANSEL ADAMS

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ANSEL ADAMS

Portfolio Three, Yosemite Valley

San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1960. 16 gelatin silver prints. Each signed in ink on the mount; portfolio stamp on the reverse of the mount. Each approximately 11¼ x 8¼in. or the reverse. Limited edition of 208 copies of which 200 are for sale, this is copy number 167. Containing two identical title pages. Green cloth folding case with gilt lettering.

Lot Essay

The images include: Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, 1927; Merced River, Cliffs of Cathedral Rocks, Autumn, 1939; Lower Yosemite Fall, ca. 1946; Trees and Snow, 1933; Branches in Snow, ca. 1932; El Capitan, Sunrise, 1956; Tenaya Creek, Spring Rain, ca. 1948; Water and Foam, ca. 1955; Winter Storm, 1944; Dogwood Blossoms, 1938; Grass and Pool, ca. 1935; Nevada Fall, Rainbow, ca. 1947; Rushing Water, Merced River, ca. 1955; Bridalveil Fall, ca. 1952; Trees and Cliffs, 1954; Half Dome, Thunder Cloud, ca. 1956.