December 17th, Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Book, Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/17/2020
signed Ansel Adams poster for "Images 1923-1974. Boston: Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico is quite possibly Adams's best-known photograph, and surely the most iconic of his work. Depicting a rural cemetery in the foreground with gravestones illuminated by the setting sun. a waxing moon hovers above a bank of clouds that meet mountains framing the horizon. With One Of A Kind Collectibles LOA and JSA cert.
One of the original images with the very finest tonal qualities, believed to be less than ten in existence, recently sold at auction for $360,000. "Lesser" prints sell in the range of $50,000. According to an AP report: "The story associated with the picture is the stuff of legend. After a discouraging day in the field with his son and an assistant, Adams was driving home, when he "saw an extraordinary situation—an inevitable photograph! I almost ditched the car and rushed to set up my 8 x 10 inch view camera...but I could not find my exposure meter! The situation was desperate: the low sun was trailing the edge of clouds in the west, and shadow would seem to dim the white crosses." Adams had pre-visualized the image, managing to capture the picture before the sun set and light irrevocably shifted."
With One Of A Kind Collectibles COA.
Ansel Adams Signed poster for "Images 1923-1974
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