Oct 04, 2012 - Sale 2288

Sale 2288 - Lot 144

Unsold
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
ADAMS, ANSEL (1902-1984)
Pair of photographs of industrial landscapes, the first a location in San Francisco, and the second titled "No Parking Sign." The first from a Polaroid Type 55 negative and a silver print, 13 1/2x17 1/4 and 19 1/2x15 3/8 inches (34.3x44.4 and 49.5x39.7 cm.), each mounted to Crescent illustration board, the first with Adams's signature, in ink, on mount recto, and with the Polaroid Collection and the Polaroid Land Photograph by Ansel Adams hand stamps with various notations, in ink, on mount verso; the second with Adams's Carmel hand stamp with the title, in ink, and the Polaroid Collection hand stamp on mount verso, framed, with a Polaroid stamp on verso. Circa 1962; the first probably printed in the 1960s

Additional Details

From the Polaroid Collection.
The first print exhibited: Quito, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, "From the Polaroid Collection: Ansel Adams," sponsored by the Embassy of the United States, October-November 2001, and traveling to 3 other venues through 2003.