Lot #792: ANSEL ADAMS - Aspens #2, Northern New Mexico - Original photogravure

 

Artist: Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984).
Title: "Aspens #2, Northern New Mexico [large version]".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1958. Printed later.
Dimensions: Image size: 10 x 12 11/16 in. (254 x 322 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $1,000
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $1,500/1,800
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Quantity printed unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quailty printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board.
Comment(s): Adams took two different images of aspens on the same day in the mountains north of Santa Fe, differentiated here by "#1" and "#2" to avoid confusion between the two. This work is one of Adams’s most famous images as well as his highest priced. Image copyright © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. [30379-2-1000-NA]