Lot 380
Siesta Lake, Yosemite National Park, California
Sold
$5,715
Est $5,000 - $7,000
Live Auction
PHOTOGRAPHS
ARTIST
Ansel Adams
Size
7 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (19.1 x 23.8 cm)
Description
PROPERTY OF SEMPERVIRENS FUND SOLD TO BENEFIT CASTLE ROCK STATE PARK, CALIFORNIA

Medium
Gelatin silver print from Portfolio Four: What Majestic Word. In Memory of Russell Varian, printed 1963.
Signature
Signed in ink on the mount; numbered '235' in ink on the portfolio label affixed to the reverse of the mount. Number 235 from an edition of 260, of which 250 were for sale.
Provenance
Gift from the photographer to Dorothy Varian, wife of Russell Varian Bequeathed to Sempervirens fund to benefit Castle Rock State Park, California
Literature
Stillman, Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs, p. 351