50 Lots for Sale 20647
Lot 1
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, 1942
signed in pencil (mount, recto); credited and titled in ink in photographer’s Carmel credit stamps [BMFA stamps 7 & 8] (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed label (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 15 1⁄2 x 19 1⁄4 in. (39.3 x 48.8 cm.)
mount: 22 x 28 in. (55.8 x 71.1 cm.)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$56,700
Lot 2
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941
signed in pencil (mount, recto); credited, titled and dated in pencil in photographer's Carmel credit stamp [BMFA stamp 11], stamped ‘Victoria Adams Collection’ with affixed Certificate of Authenticity label signed by Matthew Adams in ink and numbered '022369’ (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 15 1⁄2 x 19 1⁄2 in. (39.3 x 49.5 cm.)
mount: 21 1⁄2 x 28 in. (54.6 x 71.1 cm.)
estimate
$40,000 - $60,000

price realized
$94,500
Lot 3
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Evening Clouds and Pool, East Side of the Sierra from the Owens Valley,...
signed in pencil (mount, recto); titled, dated [with print date] and numbered ‘356’ in ink in photographer’s Carmel Museum Set Edition credit stamp, with copyright credit and The College of New Rochelle deaccessioned stamps (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat, verso)
image/sheet: 15 1⁄8 x 19 1⁄2 in. (38.4 x 49.5 cm.)
mount: 22 x 28 in. (55.8 x 71.1 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$17,640
Lot 4
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Frozen Lake and Cliffs, The Sierra Nevada, California, 1932
signed in pencil (mount, recto); credited, titled and dated [with print date] and identification number ‘834’ in ink in photographer's Carmel Museum Set Edition credit stamp with photographer’s copyright credit and The College of New Rochelle deaccession stamps (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat, verso)
image/sheet: 14 1⁄4 x 18 5⁄8 in. (36.1 x 47.3 cm.)
mount: 22 x 28 in. (55.8 x 71.1 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$18,900
Lot 5
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death Valley National Monument, California, c. 1948
signed in pencil (mount, recto); titled in ink in photographer's Carmel credit stamp [BMFA 11] (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 19 1⁄2 x 15 1⁄2 in. (49.5 x 39.3 cm.)
mount: 27 7⁄8 x 21 7⁄8 in. (70.8 x 55.5 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $20,000

price realized
$21,420
Lot 6
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Portfolio IV, What Majestic Word: In Memory of Russell Varian,...
estimate
$50,000 - $70,000

price realized
$75,600
Lot 7
CARLETON E. WATKINS (1829–1916)
Bridalveil Fall in Springtime, Yosemite, 1865-1866
signed and titled in pencil (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 15 1⁄2 x 20 1⁄2 in. (39.3 x 52 cm.)
mount: 25 x 33 1⁄2 in. (63.5 x 85 cm.)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

Lot 8
YOUSUF KARSH (1908-2002)
Ansel Adams, 1977
signed in ink (mount, recto); titled and dated in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 19 1⁄8 x 15 1⁄2 in. (60.6 x 39.3 cm.)
mount: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.8 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

Lot 9
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Ice on Ellery Lake, Sierra Nevada, California (from Yosemite and the Range...
signed and numbered ‘11/50' in pencil (mount, recto); credited, titled and dated with edition information in ink on affixed New York Graphic Society Yosemite and the Range of Light label (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 13 x 18 3⁄4 in. (33 x 47.6 cm.)
mount: 22 x 28 in. (55.8 x 71.1 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$12,600
Lot 10
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Fresh Snow, Yosemite Valley, California, c. 1947
signed and numbered ‘VI-9’ and ‘79/110’ in pencil (mount, recto); with photographer’s portfolio stamp (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 15 1⁄2 x 19 in. (38.1 x 48.2 cm.)
mount: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.6 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$13,860
Lot 11
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Bodie (Ghost Town), California, 1938
signed in pencil (mount, recto); credited and titled in ink in photographer's Carmel credit stamps [BMFA stamps 7 and 8], with Center for Creative Photography & AAPRT stamps (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 9 1⁄4 x 12 5⁄8 in. (23.4 x 32 cm.)
mount: 14 x 18 in. (35.5 x 45.7 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$7,560
Lot 12
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Eggs in Bowl, San Francisco, California, c. 1932
signed in pencil (mount, recto); credited, titled and dated [with print date] in ink in photographer's Carmel credit stamp [BMFA stamp I] and Center for Creative Photography & AAPRT stamps (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 9 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄2 in. (24.1 x 19 cm.)
mount: 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$8,190
Lot 13
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Dummies, Columbia Movie Lot, Los Angeles, California, c. 1940
signed in pencil (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated in ink in photographer's Carmel credit stamp [BMFA stamp 11], with affixed Certificate of Authenticity label numbered ‘023213’(mount, verso)
image/sheet: 13 1⁄4 x 19 in. (33.6 x 48.2 cm.)
mount: 22 x 28 in. (55.8 x71.1 cm.)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

Lot 14
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Alfred Stieglitz at an American Place, New York City, 1935
signed in pencil (mount, recto); credited, titled, and dated in photographer’s Carmel credit stamp [BMFA stamp 11] (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 11 1⁄8 x 7 1⁄2 in. (28.2 x 19 cm.)
mount: 17 5⁄8 x 13 1⁄2 in. (44.7 34.2 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$5,292
Lot 15
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Sequoia Roots, Mariposa Grove Yosemite National Park, California, 1950
signed in ink (mount, recto); with photographer’s portfolio stamp (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat, verso)
image/sheet: 9 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄2 in. (24.1 x 19 cm.)
mount: 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$7,560
Lot 16
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Monolith,The Face of Half Dome Yosemite Valley, California, 1927
signed in pencil (mount, recto); credited, titled and dated in ink in photographer's Carmel credit stamp [BMFA stamp I], stamped ‘Matthew Adams’ with affixed Certificate of Authenticity label signed by Matthew Adams in ink and numbered ‘022194’ (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 19 1⁄4 x 14 1⁄2 in. (48.8 x 36.8 cm.)
mount: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.8 cm.)
estimate
$25,000 - $35,000

price realized
$47,880
Lot 17
CARLETON E. WATKINS (1829–1916)
Yosemite Falls, 1865-1866
signed, titled and numbered 'no. 52' in pencil (margin)
image/sheet: 20 7⁄8 x 16 1⁄4 in. (53 x 41.2 cm.)
mount: 33 1⁄4 x 25 in.(85 x 63.5 cm.)
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$30,240
Lot 18
CHARLES LEANDER WEED (1824-1903)
Yosemite Falls, 1867-1870
image/sheet: 15 1⁄2 x 20 1⁄8 in. (39.7 x 51.1 cm.)
mount: 17 x 21 1⁄2 in. (43.1 x 54.6 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $20,000

Lot 19
WILLIAM CLIFT (B.1944)
White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, 1975
signed, titled, dated and numbered ‘print 3’ in pencil (mat, interior); credited with copyright insignia in ink, credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat, verso)
image: 6 5⁄8 x 9 5⁄8 in. (16.8 x 24.4 cm.)
sheet: 7 1⁄8 x 9 3⁄4 in. (18 x 24.7 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,772
Lot 20
CARLETON E. WATKINS (1829–1916)
Mount Watkins, Fully Reflected in Mirror Lake, Yosemite, 1865-1866
annotated in pencil (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 20 5⁄8 x 15 5⁄8 in. (52.3 x 39.6 cm.)
mount: 33 1⁄2 x 24 in. (85 x 60.9 cm.)
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

Lot 21
WYNN BULLOCK (1902-1975)
Floating Logs, 1957
signed in pencil (mount, recto); titled and dated in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 6 x 9 1⁄2 in. (15.2 x 24.1 cm.)
mount: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,142
Lot 22
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (B. 1944)
Wild Horses in Navajo Territory, Bordering on The Grand Canyon, Arizona,...
signed, dated and annotated in pencil (verso); credited and dated on affixed gallery label (mat, verso)
image: 21 1⁄2 x 29 in. (54.6 x 73.6 cm.)
sheet: 23 1⁄2 x 35 1⁄2 in. (59.6 x 90.1 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$10,080
Lot 23
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Saguaro Cactus, Arizona, 1942
signed in pencil (mount, recto); credited and titled in pencil in photographer's Carmel credit stamp [BMFA stamp 11] (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 13 5⁄8 x 10 in. (34.6 x 25.4 cm.)
mount: 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$13,860
Lot 24
CARLETON E. WATKINS (1829–1916)
El Capitan, Yosemite, 1865-1866
signed and titled in pencil (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 20 5⁄8 x 15 1⁄2 in. (52.3 x 39.5 cm.)
mount: 33 1⁄2 x 24 1⁄4 in. (85 x 61.5 cm.)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$20,160
Lot 25
CARLETON E. WATKINS (1829–1916)
A Perfect Tree (Sequoia gigantea), Mariposa Grove, Yosemite, c. 1865-1866...
each titled and signed in pencil (mount, recto)
each image: 20 1⁄2 x 15 1⁄2 in. (52 x 39.3 cm.)
each mount: 33 1⁄4 x 24 5⁄8 in. (84.4 x 62.5 cm.)
(2)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$8,190
Lot 26
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (B. 1944)
Arizona, USA (Confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers),...
embossed photographer's copyright credit (margin); signed, dated and annotated in pencil (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat, verso)
image: 14 3⁄4 x 20 1⁄4 in. (37.4 x 51.4 cm.)
sheet: 19 1⁄2 x 23 1⁄2 in. (49.5 x 59.6 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$10,710
Lot 27
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Nevada Falls, Yosemite Valley, California, 1957
signed in pencil (mount, recto); stamped Center for Creative Photography & AAPRT in ink (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat, verso)
image/sheet: 9 x 7 1⁄4 in. (22.8 x 18.4 cm.)
mount: 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$7,560
Lot 28
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Sierra Junipers, 1927
signed in pencil and titled in letterpress (margin)
image: 5 5⁄8 x 7 5⁄8 in. (14.2 x 19.3 cm.)
sheet: 10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.4 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$4,410
Lot 29
BRETT WESTON (1911–1993)
Dunes, Baja California, 1968
signed and dated in pencil (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 7 1⁄2 x 9 1⁄2 in. (19 x 24.1 cm.)
mount: 13 1⁄8 x 15 in. (33.3 x 38.1 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

Lot 30
EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)
Dunes, Oceano, 1936
initialed and dated in pencil (mount, recto); stamped portfolio print ‘No. 12’ (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat, verso)
image/sheet: 7 1⁄4 x 9 1⁄2 in. (18.4 x 24.1 cm.)
mount: 13 5⁄8 x 16 in. (34.6 x 40.6 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

Lot 31
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Forest and Stream, Northern California, 1959
signed and numbered 'V-5' and ‘89/110' in pencil (mount, recto); credited and titled in ink in Portfolio V stamp (mount, verso)

image/sheet: 15 1⁄2 x 19 1⁄2 in. (39.3 x 49.5 cm.)
mount: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.6 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$15,120
Lot 32
JUDY DATER (B. 1941)
Imogen and Twinka at Yosemite, California, 1974
signed, titled, dated and numbered ‘8/20’ in pencil (verso); credited, titled, dated and numbered on affixed gallery label (mat, verso)
image: 9 1⁄4 x 7 1⁄4 in. (23.4 x 18.4 cm.)
sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$5,292
Lot 33
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Leaf, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska, 1948
signed in ink (mount, recto); with photographer’s portfolio stamp (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat, verso)
image/sheet: 6 3⁄4 x 9 in. (17.1 x 22.8 cm.)
mount: 13 1⁄4 x 18 in. (33.6 x 45.7 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$9,450
Lot 34
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Winter, Forest Detail, Yosemite Valley, 1949
signed in pencil (mount, recto); titled and numbered ‘186 of S. E. Y. no. 10’ in ink in special edition stamp (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 9 5⁄8 x 7 5⁄8 in. (24.4 x 19.3 cm.)
mount: 12 5⁄8 x 10 1⁄2 in. (32 x 26.6 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$6,048
Lot 35
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Siesta Lake, Yosemite, National Park, California, 1958
signed in ink (mount, recto); with photographer’s affixed portfolio label (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat, verso)
image/sheet: 7 1⁄2 x 9 1⁄2 in. (19 x 24.1 cm.)
mount: 14 x 18 in. (35.5 x 45.7 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$7,560
Lot 36
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Church at Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, c. 1929-1930
signed in pencil, (mount, recto); credited, titled and dated in ink in photographer's Carmel credit stamp [BMFA stamp 11] with negative and print date in ink and Center for Creative Photography & AAPRT stamps (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat, verso)
image/sheet: 9 1⁄4 x 13 in. (23.4 x 33 cm.)
mount: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$22,680
Lot 37
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona, c. 1952
signed in pencil (mount, recto); credited in ink in photographer’s Hasselblad stamp [BMFA stamp F] with negative number ‘6-12-28,’ credited, titled and dated with annotations in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 7 7⁄8 x 7 1⁄2 in. (20 x 19 cm.)
mount: 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$8,190
Lot 38
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Forest Floor, Yosemite Valley, California, (from Yosemite and the Range of...
signed and numbered ‘11/50' in pencil (mount, recto); credited, titled and dated with edition information in ink on affixed New York Graphic Society Yosemite and the Range of Light label (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 15 x 19 1⁄4 in. (38.1 x 48.8 cm.)
mount: 22 x 28 (55.8 x 71.1 cm.)
estimate
$7,000 - $9,000

price realized
$12,600
Lot 39
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Fence, c. 1932
titled in pencil, stamped photographer's Carmel credit stamp [BMFA stamp 4] and Virginia Adams Collection in ink (flush mount, verso); titled in pencil in photographer’s Carmel credit ‘181 Van Ess Way’ stamp, stamped Virginia Adams Collection in ink (mat, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 7 1⁄8 x 9 in. (18 x 22.8 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$11,340
Lot 40
EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (1858–1952)
The Three Chiefs - Piegan, 1900
signed with copyright insignia in image (recto); affixed photographer’s studio label (frame backing board)
overall framed:12 x 14 in. (30.4 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$16,380
Lot 41
BRETT WESTON (1911–1993)
White Sands, 1946
estimate
$25,000 - $35,000

Lot 42
WYNN BULLOCK (1902–1975)
Pacific Grove Coast, CA, 1968
signed in pencil (mount, recto); titled, dated and numbered '3831’ in pencil (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat, verso)
image/sheet: 7 x 8 1⁄2 in. (17.7 x 21.5 cm.)
mount: 13 x 15 in. (33 x 38.1 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$6,300
Lot 43
BRETT WESTON (1911–1993)
Big Sur, CA, 1955
signed and dated in pencil (mount, recto); signed, dated and inscribed in pencil (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat, verso)
image/sheet: 7 1⁄2 x 9 1⁄2 in. (19.5 x 24.1 cm.)
mount: 13 1⁄4 x 15 in. (33.6 x 38.1 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$4,788
Lot 44
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Fern Spring, Dusk Yosemite Valley, California, c. 1961
signed in pencil (mount, recto); credited, titled and dated on affixed portfolio label with exposure and printing information label (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 12 1⁄4 x 9 in. (31.1 x 22.8 cm.)
mount: 16 1⁄2 x 13 1⁄2 in. (41.9 x 34.2 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$5,292
Lot 45
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Mudhills, Arizona, 1947
signed and numbered ‘V-2’ and ‘84/110’ in pencil (margin); titled and dated in ink in photographer’s portfolio stamp (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 14 3⁄4 x 19 1⁄2 in. (37.4 x 49.5 cm.)
mount: 24 x 30 in. (60.9 x 76.2 cm.)
estimate
$7,000 - $10,000

price realized
$12,600
Lot 46
KURT MARKUS (B.1947)
Ranch, Paisley, Oregon, 1981
signed, titled dated [with print date] and numbered ‘# 11’ with photographer’s copyright insignia in pencil (verso)
image: 13 1⁄2 x 16 3⁄4 in. (34.2 x 42.5 cm.)
sheet: 15 7⁄8 x 19 7⁄8 in. (40.3 x 50.4 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$6,930
Lot 47
KURT MARKUS (B. 1947)
Ranch, Paisley, Oregon, 1982
signed in pencil (margin); titled, dated and numbered ‘print no. 21’ in pencil in photographer’s credit stamp and stamped photographer’s reproduction limitation (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat, verso)
image: 12 7⁄8 x 17 5⁄8 in. (32.7 x 44.7 cm.)
sheet: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,780
Lot 48
EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (1858–1952)
Chief Garfield, Jicarilla, 1904 and Bread, Apsaroke, 1908
each print with photographer's copyright credit, title, date and printer’s credit in letterpress, Chief Garfield numbered ‘plate 21’ and Bread, Apsaroke numbered ‘plate 121’ and ‘X2706-08’ in letterpress (margins and image)
each image approximately: 15 5⁄8 x 12 in. (39.6 x 30.4 cm.)
each sheet: 22 x 18 in. (55.8 x 45.7 cm.)
(2)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$5,040
Lot 49
EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (1858–1952)
The Vanishing Race, Navaho, 1904
signed and numbered '378-04' in ink (recto)
image/sheet: 15 1⁄4 x 20 in.(38.7 x 50.8 cm.)
mount/secondary mount: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $10,000

price realized
$7,560
Lot 50
WYNN BULLOCK (1902–1975)
Ocean and Setting Sun, 1957
signed in pencil (mount, recto); stamped photographer's credit and annotated in ink, titled and numbered '# 1258' in pencil (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat, verso)
image/sheet: 7 1⁄2 x 9 1⁄2 in. (19 x 24.1 cm.)
mount: 14 x 15 1⁄2 in. (35.5 x 39.3 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

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