Ansel Adams
Portfolio III, Yosemite Valley (1927-1956)
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 82.250 USD
Price realised: 82.250 USD
Description
ANSEL ADAMS
Portfolio III, Yosemite Valley (1927-1956)
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1960. 16 gelatin silver prints. Each signed in ink on the mount; numbered 117 in red ink and portfolio stamp on the reverse of the mount. Varying sizes from 7 x 5¼in. to 11.1/8 x 8¾in. (17.8 x 13.3cm. to 28.2 x 22.2cm). Title page, introduction by Ansel Adams, list of plates and colophon numbered in red ink. Number 117 from the limited edition of 208 (of which 200 were available for sale). Folding folio case.
Portfolio III, Yosemite Valley (1927-1956)
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1960. 16 gelatin silver prints. Each signed in ink on the mount; numbered 117 in red ink and portfolio stamp on the reverse of the mount. Varying sizes from 7 x 5¼in. to 11.1/8 x 8¾in. (17.8 x 13.3cm. to 28.2 x 22.2cm). Title page, introduction by Ansel Adams, list of plates and colophon numbered in red ink. Number 117 from the limited edition of 208 (of which 200 were available for sale). Folding folio case.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 37 %.
The work Portfolio III, Yosemite Valley (1927-1956) by Ansel Adams was sold in the Photographs auction at Christies in New York in April 2000. It achieved a price of USD 82,250.00 (€ 90,494.00), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 37%. Admittedly, works by Ansel Adams have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming in December 2020 with an auction result of USD 988,000.00 (€ 807,849.55).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 37 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Portfolio III, Yosemite Valley (1927-1956) von Ansel Adams wurde im April 2000 in der Auktion Photographs bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 82.250,00 (€ 90.494,00) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 37%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Ansel Adams auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming im Dezember 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 988.000,00 (€ 807.849,55).
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