PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF KATHERINE FIELD CALDWELL ADMINISTRATIVE TRUST, BERKELEY, CA.

ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

Selected images, c. 1929

Details

ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Selected images, c. 1929
2 gelatin silver and 18 Parmelian prints
one with credit and inscription in ink (on the recto); the majority signed in pencil, one titled and dated (in the margin); one with 'Parmelian print' credit stamp and the majority with 'Parmelian Print' label affixed (on the reverse of the mount)
varying sizes from 7 5/8 x 5¾in. (19.3 x 14.6cm.) to 13 5/8 x 9 7/8in. (34.6 x 25.1cm.) (20)

Provenance

Colonel Charles Erskine Scott Wood and Sarah Bard Field Wood, Los Gatos, California;
by descent to the present owner

Lot Essay

Lot 16 originally formed part of the collection of Charles Erskine Scott Wood (1852-1944), sometime soldier, lawyer, and author of a best-selling satirical drama, Heavenly Discourse, published in 1927. His wife, Sara Bard Field, was a suffragette, social reformer and poet. In 1925 Wood and Field built their house 'The Cats' in Los Gatos, California, which became a gathering place for Bay Area writers, artists and political activists including Ansel Adams and Robinson Jeffers.
Unillustrated images available on request.

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