Title: California Ocean Coast Boats Photos W Dassonville Lot 4
Description: A lot of four photographs taken by William Edward Dassonville. The photos show boats and harbor scenes from around California’s coast. All are on hard textured paper. One photograph of the rocky surf was exhibited in the California Pictorialism exhibition in the San Francisco Museum of Art in 1977.
William Edward Dassonville (1879-1957) was a California photographer primarily known for his landscapes. He was an associate of Ansel Adams and worked with William Keith, George Sterling, Maynard Dixon, and John Miur. Born in Sacramento, CA, he acted as secretary of the California Camera Club and contributed to Camera Craft. He also invented a velvety surfaced printing paper that he later manufactured commercially (REF: Getty). His chemistry was heralded by Ansel Adams and Imogen Cunningham, and he exhibited alongside Alfred Stieglitz, Clarence White, and Gertrude Kasebier (REF: icp org).
Some of the prints in this estate have annotations indicating they are platinum or silver prints; however, this lot is not annotated.
Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Shriners Hospital for Children.
Signed: One print is signed in pencil.
Circa: early 20th century.
Dimensions: Large folios are 20x16 inches. Smallest paper is 9x11.5 inches.
Condition: No creases, waves, foxing, tears, etc in paper. Two are in hardboard folios, two are in protective plastic folders.
Provenance: Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Shriners Hospital for Children. In addition to most of the works being estate stamped we have identified several prints additionally carrying the Donald P. Dassonville signed authentication stamp.
Shipping: 24x18x6, 13 lbs. dimensional weight.
Listed by: Amanda 4088-4170-4227-4322 CNX VX 1160 4515

No creases, waves, foxing, tears, etc in paper. Two are in hardboard folios, two are in protective plastic folders.

20 x 14 in