Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984). Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico,, 1941. Gelatin silver, printed cir...

Description

Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico,, 1941
Gelatin silver, printed circa 1963
15 x 19-1/4 inches (38.1 x 48.9 cm) (image/sheet)
Signed in pencil mount recto. Titled in pencil in the photographer's stamps (BMFA 6) and (BMFA 5), mount verso.

PROVENANCE:
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Photographs, Signature Auction, October 6, 2020, lot 73017;
Private collection, acquired from the above.

LITERATURE:
A. Adams, Photographs of the Southwest, New York Graphic Society, Boston, 1966, pl. 55;
J. Alinder, Ansel Adams, 1902-1984, The Friends of Photography, Carmel, 1984, p. 55;
A. Stillman, Ansel Adams: Letters and Images 1916-1984, Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 1988, p. 142;
Ansel Adams, Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs, Little, Brown and Co., New York, 1989, cover, p. 40;
J. Szarkowski, Ansel Adams at 100, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 2001, pl. 96;
A. Hammond, Ansel Adams, Divine Performance, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2002, p. 94, fig. 4.10.


More information about Ansel Adams. See also: Adams, Ansel, Ansel Easton Adams Artist.

Estimate: $50,000 - $70,000.

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