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Estimate: $ 50,000 - $ 75,000
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984) Portfolio Four: "What Majestic Word, In Memory of Russell Varian." 1963. Complete with 15 beautiful photographs of landscapes and details of the natural world. Silver prints, the images measuring 6¾x8⅞ to 10x12¾ inches (17.1x22.5 to 25.4x32.4 cm.), and the reverse, the mounts 14x18 inches (35.6x45.7 cm.), each with Adams' signature in ink on mount recto, and the portfolio label with the printed title and publisher and set number 130 in ink on mount verso; each print housed in a printed folder. Folio, gray gilt-lettered four-fold linen case; with the edition number 130 in ink on the colophon; contents loose as issued. ONE OF AN EDITION OF 260 COPIES. San Francisco: Sierra Club.
Provenance The Collection of Neil Robert Berzak
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
