Ansel Adams
‘Saint Francis Church, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico’ , 1929 (Executed)
Lot #111 |
2026-04-08 |
Sotheby's, New York
Photographs Part II
Category:
Photographs
Estimate:
USD 10,000 - 15,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N12135
Auction name: Photographs Part II
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2026-04-08
End date: 2026-04-16
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Photography
Department: Photography & Video
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Dimensions: image: 13 ¼ by 17 ½ in. (33.7 by 44.5 cm.)
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
33.7
Width In Centimeters:
44.5
Height In Inches:
13.125
Width In Inches:
17.5
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Year notes: Executed in 1929, probably printed between 1973 and 1977.
Provenance
Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Ansel Adams, Ansel Adams: An Autobiography , Boston 1985, p. 95 Andrea Gray Stillman, ed., Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs , Boston 2007, p. 59
Catalog summary
Works from the Collection of Byron R. Meyer with Partial Proceeds to Benefit the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Ansel Adams 1902 - 1984 ‘Saint Francis Church, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico’ gelatin silver print, mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, the photographer’s Carmel studio stamp (BMFA 11), with title and date c. 1929 in ink, on the reverse, framed, an Ansel Adams, Carmel and a Grapestake Gallery label on the reverse image: 13 ¼ by 17 ½ in. (33.7 by 44.5 cm.) Executed in 1929, probably printed between 1973 and 1977. Provenance Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature Ansel Adams, Ansel Adams: An Autobiography , Boston 1985, p. 95 Andrea Gray Stillman, ed., Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs , Boston 2007, p. 59