White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, 1941

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ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)

White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, 1941

Price realised USD 20,000

Closed: 5 Oct 2018

Price realised USD 20,000

Closed: 5 Oct 2018

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ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, 1941
gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed 1973–1977
signed in pencil (mount, recto); stamped photographer's Carmel credit [BMFA 11] with title and date '1942' in ink (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 in. (34.9 x 25.3 cm.)
mount: 18 x 14 in. (45.6 x 35.6 cm.)

Christie's, New York, April 4, 2000, lot 224;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.

Lawrence Clark Powell, Photographs of the Southwest, New York Graphic Society, Boston, 1976, pl. 30 (variant).
Ansel Adams, Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1983, p. 129 (variant).
Ansel Adams, Ansel Adams: An Autobiography, New York Graphic Society, Boston, 1985, p. 220 (variant).
Andrea G. Stillman (ed.), Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs, Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2007, p. 165.
Andrea G. Stillman (ed.), Ansel Adams: In The National Parks: Photographs from America’s Wild Places, Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2010, p. 33.
Karen E. Haas and Rebecca A. Senf, Ansel Adams: In The Lane Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2013, pl. 9, p. 24 (variant).

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—Ansel Adams

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