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Ansel Adams (1902–1984)
Lot 242 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM AN IMPORTANT EAST COAST COLLECTION

Ansel Adams (1902–1984)

Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958

Closed6 April 2017

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Ansel Adams (1902–1984)
Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958
gelatin silver mural print, flush–mounted on board, printed c. 1968
credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image/sheet/flush mount: 30 1/2 x 38 1/4 in. (77.5 x 97 cm.)

Acquired directly from the artist by Sidney Goldstein, 1960s;
by descent to the family of the above, 1986;
Weston Gallery, Carmel, California;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 2011.

Specialist note

There may be obscure people in obscure places that need but the touch of a rare beauty to awaken them to the highest things. And what is the function of great art but to do just that – to kindle something of a flame in the human material that is ready to burn?

– Ansel Adams to Alfred Stieglitz, 1933