Ansel Adams
‘Signal Hill, Long Beach, California (Oil Derricks and Monument)’ , 1902
Lot #113 |
2026-04-08 |
Sotheby's, New York
Photographs Part II
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Prints
Estimate:
USD 6,000 - 9,000 (currency of sale)
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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
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Genre: Photography
Department: Photography & Video
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Provenance
Collection of Anne Adams Helms (the photographer's daughter) By descent through family to the present owner
Literature
Liliane de Cock, ed., Ansel Adams , Hastings-on-Hudson 1972, pl. 102 John Szarkowski, The Portfolios of Ansel Adams , New York and Boston 1977, p. 118 Ansel Adams, Ansel Adams: An Autobiography , Boston 1985, p. 319
Catalog summary
Ansel Adams 1902 - 1984 ‘Signal Hill, Long Beach, California (Oil Derricks and Monument)’ gelatin silver print, mounted to Hi-Art illustration board, signed in pencil on the mount, the photographer’s Carmel studio stamps (BMFA 7 & 8), titled and dated in ink, and a collection stamp on the reverse image: 14 ¼ by 18 in. (36.2 by 45.7 cm.) Executed in 1939, probably printed between 1963 and 1970. Provenance Collection of Anne Adams Helms (the photographer's daughter) By descent through family to the present owner Literature Liliane de Cock, ed., Ansel Adams , Hastings-on-Hudson 1972, pl. 102 John Szarkowski, The Portfolios of Ansel Adams , New York and Boston 1977, p. 118 Ansel Adams, Ansel Adams: An Autobiography , Boston 1985, p. 319