ADAMS, ANSEL (1902-1984) Portfolio Four, titled "What Majestic Word, In Memory of Russell Varian," complete with 15 beautiful photographs of landscapes and details of the natural world. Silver prints, each ranging from approximately 7 1/4x7 3/4 to 10x12 3/4 inches (18.4x19.7 to 25.4x32.4 cm.), and the reverse, each with Adams's signature, in ink, on mount recto and with the portfolio label with the printed titles and publisher, and set number 197, in ink, on mount verso; each print housed in a printed folder. Folio, gray gilt-lettered four-fold linen case; with the edition number, in ink, on the colophon (2); contents loose as issued. one of an edition of 260 copies. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1963
"Dunes, Oceano, California" "Vernal Falls, Yosemite Valley, California" "Northern California Coast Redwoods" "Teklanika River, Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska" "Sequoia Roots, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California" "Leaf, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska" "Cathedral Peak and Lake, Yosemite National Park, California" "Clearing Storm, Sonoma County Hills, California" "Oak Tree, Sunset City, Sierra Foothills, California" "Castle Rock, Summit Road Above Saratoga, California" "Orchard, Early Spring, Near Stanford University, California" "Siesta Lake, Yosemite National Park, California" "Storm Surf, Timber Cove, California" "Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California" "Sierra Nevada, Winter Evening, From the Owens Valley, California."
