24th May, 2019 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Spring 2019

 
  Lot 64
 

ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Winnowing Grain, Taos Pueblos, 1930

Sold for €3,800


Lot details

Estimate: € 6.000–8.000

Gelatin silver print, mounted on original cardboard, printed in 1977

31,6 x 22,7 cm

Signed by the photographer in pencil in the lower right on the mount, photographer's stamp with handwritten title, date and print date on the reverse

PROVENANCE Collection of Mrs. Ansel Adams. Acquired by grandfather of present owner from The Ansel Adams Gallery, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.

LITERATURE Taos Pueblos, Ansel Adams and Mary Austin, 1930, plate 10; Ansel Adams: Classic Images, James Alinder, John Szarkowski, Little, Brown & Co.; 1st edition, plate 4;· Letters and Images, Mary Street Alinder and Andrea Gray Stillman, Boston, Little Brown; 1st Edition, 1990, plate 41; The Eloquent Light, Nancy Newhall, Aperture; 1st edition, 1980, plate 58.

Start price: €3.400