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The Sentinel, Yosemite, 1878–1881
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CARLETON E. WATKINS (1829–1916)
The Sentinel, Yosemite, 1878–1881
mammoth-plate albumen print, mounted on board
signed, titled and annotated 'New Series #830' by the artist in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 21 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (54.5 x 39.9 cm.)
mount: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm.)
The Sentinel, Yosemite, 1878–1881
mammoth-plate albumen print, mounted on board
signed, titled and annotated 'New Series #830' by the artist in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 21 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (54.5 x 39.9 cm.)
mount: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired by a private collector, France, 1920s;
by descent to the present owner.
by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Weston Naef and Christine Hult Lewis, Carleton Watkins: The Complete Mammoth Photographs, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2001, cat. no. 183, p. 84.
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Shlomi Rabi