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K2 WESTERN WALL and Camp OVERSIZE 1909HIMALAYAS SINOLCHUM 1899 Icon exhibition printSPECTACULAR PORTRAIT Women of Latal Caucasus
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Tucson, AZ, United States
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Amazing Landscape Photography from K2 to the Matterhorn

AMAZING LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY from K2 to the Matterhorn by Vittorio Sella. Before Ansel Adams became the leading outdoor photographer in the world, Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) was acclaimed worldwide for his Landscape views. Based in Boston, the Appalachian Mountain Club was founded in 1876 & is Americas oldest nonprofit & conservation organization. Their co-founder, Charles Fay’s association with the Italian Alpine Club and the Sella family led to 1893 purchase by the AMC of Vittoria Sella’s prize winning 500 print Italian exhibition. Over the next 20 years the AMC received Sella exhibition from all of his series.

Andrew Smith Gallery Photography Auctions LLC is pleased to present this benefit NO RESERVE auction, containing 550 original exhibition prints; highlights include over 40 multi-plate panorama views & rare silver gelatin & collodion views of K2, Kangchenjunga & the Himalayas--in 297 lots. The collection is being sold by the Appalachian Mountain Club to directly benefit the Appalachian Mountain Club Trails Protection Fund, Conservation Research & Climate Action, & the Modernization & Preservation of the AMC Library & Archives.

Sella photographed extensively in the Alps of Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany & France from the 1870s on. In 1889 & 1890 Sella made two of his three expeditions to the Caucasus working in Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan & Armenia. In 1897 he joined the Duke of the Abruzzi to the American Canadian, Alaskan Yukon border to climb Mt. Saint Elias. In 1899 he joined legendary climber Douglas Freshfield to finish mapping the Himalayan Kangchenjunga area, in the area of India Sikkim, Nepal, Bhuton, Tibet & China. In 1906 Sella accompanied The Duke of the Abruzzi to the Rwenzori, the headwaters of the Nile in Uganda & the DRC. In 1909 Sella, with the Duke of the Abruzzi, went to climb K2 in the Himalayan Karakoram on the border of China, India & Pakistan. He photographed from over 22,000 ft.
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MAN & NATURE Top of the World Alps: VITTORIO SELLA. Kamm and Walliser Fiescherhorner, from south summit of the Trugberg 12,005 feet, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIX 235. 11.3x15.3" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 12.3x16.8"
2122: MAN & NATURE Top of the World AlpsEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed
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GLORIOUS ALPINE PEAKS Aletschhorn & Jungfrau: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Aletschhorn, from the Great Aletsch firn, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIX 246. 11.1x15" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 12x16.4" brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount
2126: GLORIOUS ALPINE PEAKS Aletschhorn & JungfrauEst. $800-$1,250
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2 Sublime Shreckhorn vignetted views: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Schreckhorn, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIX 295. 21.5x15.8" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 24x18" heavy gray board. Inscribed in ink on
2129: 2 Sublime Shreckhorn vignetted viewsEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed
2 ITALIAN ALPS Pic Palu & Lanzada: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Lanzada Village, in the Malenco Valley, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AX 231. 11.3x14.9" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 16 3/8x12 1/4" heavy brown board. Inscribed in
2136: 2 ITALIAN ALPS Pic Palu & LanzadaEst. $800-$1,250Lot Passed
WINTER HIKER on Sella Pass 1880s: VITTORIO SELLA. Piz Gluschaint and Piz Tremoggia, from the summit of the Sella Pass, 11,765 feet , c. 1879-1892, Sella number AX 328. 11.3x15" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 16 3/8x12
2139: WINTER HIKER on Sella Pass 1880sEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed
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2 HIKING AT 11,000 FT Italian Alps Splendid: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Highest summit of Piz Roseg, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AX 337. 10.2x14.8" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 16 1/8x12 1/8" heavy brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount
2141: 2 HIKING AT 11,000 FT Italian Alps SplendidEst. $1,000-$1,500
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SPECTACULAR Climbers on Monte Cevedale: VITTORIO SELLA. Monte Cevedale, from Cima del Forno, 10,700 feet, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AX 352. 11.2x15" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 15 7/8x12 1/8"
2143: SPECTACULAR Climbers on Monte CevedaleEst. $800-$1,500
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2 VIEWS High Mountain Lake Manzina: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Manzina Lake and Piz Tresero, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AX 355. 11.2x15.1" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 16 3/8x12" heavy brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount
2144: 2 VIEWS High Mountain Lake ManzinaEst. $1,250-$1,750Lot Passed
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