Oct 31 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2684 -

Sale 2684 - Lot 304

Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
ERNST HAAS (1921-1986)
Portfolio entitled The Creation. 1962-81; printed 1981.
Complete with 10 vibrant photographs of nature's elements. Dye transfer prints, the images measuring approximately 12¾x19⅜ inches (32.5x49.3 cm.), and the reverse, the mounts 19x24 inches (48.3x61 cm.), each with Haas' signature in pencil on mount recto; enclosed in individual folders with the printed title and date. Atlas-sized clamshell box with a gilt-lettered brown leather title label; the colophon with Haas' signature and the edition number 103 (of 300), in ink; contents loose as issued. ONE OF AN EDITION OF 300. Daniel Wolf Press, Inc.
Ernst Haas' vintage dye transfer prints are exceptionally rare, and only occasionally appear on the auction market. The images in this portfolio include:
Arizona, 1962 * New England, 1973 * Surtsey Volcano, near Iceland, 1965 * Tobago, 1968 * Lake Huntington, Kenya, 1970 * Nairobi, Kenya, 1970 *Island of Kyushu, Japan, 1981 * Sicily, 1965 * Kenya, 1970 * Vermont, 1969