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ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Lot 197

ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

'Yosemite Valley, California: Photographs by Ansel Easton Adams'

Closed5 October 2012

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ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
'Yosemite Valley, California: Photographs by Ansel Easton Adams'
San Francisco: Self-published, 1930. 15 gelatin silver prints; each signed in pencil (in the margin); image, each approximately 5 5/8 x 7¾in. (14.4 x 19.7cm.) or the reverse; sheet, each 12 x 10in. (30.4 x 25.4cm.); text inserts, numbered '6' in ink (on the colophon); large 4to folding case; number 6 of an edition of 50

From the artist;
by descent to the present owner

Specialist note

The original owner of this charming, early portfolio ran the general store in Yosemite where she met Ansel Adams who gave her the portfolio as a token of their friendship.