Feb 15, 2024 - Sale 2659

Sale 2659 - Lot 5

Unsold
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
CARLETON E. WATKINS (1829-1916)
The Domes from Yosemite Valley. Mammoth albumen print, the image measuring 15¾x20½ inches (40x52 cm.), the mount 22x28 inches (55.9x.1 cm.), with I.W. Taber's credit, slightly variant title, and number 58 in the negative. 1865-66; printed 1870s

Provenance: From the Collection of Dr. James and Debra Pearl

According to Weston Naef, this view was made looking east from the vicinity of the confluence of Indian Canyon Creek with the Merced River.

Reproduced: Weston Naef and Christine Hult-Lewis, Carleton Watkins: The Complete Mammoth Photographs (Getty), cat. no. 213, p. 95