Lot: 7082
(American/CA, 1902-1984),
Collection of Three Photographs, including
Thundercloud, Lake Tahoe, California, 1938, gelatin silver print, sheet: 8-3/4 x 7 inches, backboard: 14 x 11 inches, unsigned, Condition: mounted on backboard, minor wear to edges
Tenaya Lake, Mount Conness, Yosemite National Park, California, 1946, gelatin sliver print, sheet: 7-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches, backboard: 13 x 16 inches, unsigned, Condition: mounted on backboard, overall good
a Portrait of Mr. Douglas Whiteside, gelatin silver print, sheet: 6-1/4 x 3-3/4 inches, backboard: 11 x 8 inches, signed lower right in pencil, name of subject and artist written on backboard verso, Condition: Mounted on backboard, backboard is held up with photo corners to another board, minor wear to edges
and a signed book: Ansel Adams, Yosemite and the Range of Light, Introduction by Paul Brooks, New York Graphic Society, Boston, 1979, signed and dated 1979 at front cover by artist
Provenance: The Shinji Yamamoto Collection of Photographs.
Notes: Dimensions provided are based on approximate measurements. Thundercloud is frame, showing light wear, approximate dimensions - framed: 15 x 12 inches. Bio: American landscape photographer and environmentalist, born in San Francisco, the grandson of a wealthy timber baron. He spent his childhood exploring the then still wild Golden Gate. Starting in 1916 he began visiting the Yosemite/Sierra and using a simple Kodak 1 Brownie Box, he begins to record what he sees. In 1919 he joins the Sierra Club, which will become vital to his success as a photographer. In 1927 he forms a patron relationship with Albert Bender, a San Francisco insurance magnate and patron of the arts, who supports the publication of his first porfolio, Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras. Over the course of his over sixty year career, his work produces nearly four dozen books bearing his name and author/artist. The artist described himself as a photographer, lecturer, and writer. For him the environmental concerns of particular importance were Yosemite National Park, and the general preservation of wilderness, in addition to the Big Sur area, Alaska, the redwoods and the conservation of sea lions and otters.
Artist: Adams, Ansel
Auction Date: December 16, 2024
Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500