ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1985)

Portfolio IV, What Majestic Word, In Memory of Russell Varian (1940-63)

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ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1985)
Portfolio IV, What Majestic Word, In Memory of Russell Varian (1940-63)
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1963. 15 gelatin silver prints. Each signed in ink on the mount; portfolio label numbered 58 in red ink affixed to the reverse of each mount. Each contained in a paper folder with printed Roman numerals and excerpts from the writings and poems of Russell H. and John O. Varian. Varying sizes from 7 x 7in. to 9 x 11.5/8in. (18.4 x 19.7cm. to 22.9 x 29.5cm.) Title page; introduction by Dorothy Varian; colophon numbered in red ink; and list of plates. Number 58 from the limited edition of 260 (of which 250 were available for sale). Gray linen portfolio case with impressed gilt lettering.

Lot Essay

The plates include: Teklanika River, Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska, 1947; Sequoia Roots, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, c.1950; Leaf, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska, 1948; Dunes, Oceano, California, 1963; Cathedral Peak and Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, c.1960; Vernal Falls, Yosemite Valley, California, c.1948; Clearing Storm, Sonoma County Hills, 1962; Oak Tree, Sunset City, Sierra Foothills, California, 1963; Castle Rock, Summit Road above Saratoga, California, 1963; Northern California Coast Redwoods, c.1960; Orchard, Early Spring, Near Stanford University, California, c.1940; Siesta Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, c.1958; Storm Surf, Timber Cove, California, c.1960; Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, 1941; and Sierra Nevada, Winter Evening, from the Owens Valley, California, 1962.