Amazing Landscape Photography from K2 to the Matterhorn 2021-04-27 Auction - 297 Price Results - Andrew Smith Gallery Photography Auctions LLC in AZ
Amazing Landscape Photography from K2 to the Matterhorn
K2 WESTERN WALL and Camp OVERSIZE 1909
HIMALAYAS SINOLCHUM 1899 Icon exhibition print
SPECTACULAR 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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4 VIEWS Giant Lobelia African Fauna 1906: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Lobelia in Bud, 1906, Sella number R 188. 15.2x11.7", gelatin silver print c. 1907, on 16.5x13" heavy brown paper. Inscribed in pencil verso twice Lobelia in bud also number 188
Est.
$800
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$1,250
SOLD
STUNNING PANORAMA Rwenzori from Edward Peak 1906: VITTORIO SELLA. Rwenzori From Grauer Rock [Edward Peak], 1906, Sella number R 72-77. 11.7x67.2" gelatin silver prints, 6 panels c. 1907 on 82.5x12.8" heavy brown paper. This sale of lots from this
Est.
$2,500
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$3,500
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2 VIEWS OF Mt. Stanley 1906 First Ascent: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Mt. Stanley from near Freshfield Pass, 1906, Sella number R 706 (105). 11.3x15.2" gelatin silver print, c. 1907, on 13x16.5" heavy brown paper. Inscribed in ink and pencil verso:
Est.
$1,000
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$1,500
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2 HIGHEST PEAKS OF RWENZORI: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Alexandra Peak (Mt. Stanley), 1906, Sella number R 97(2). 11.5x15.2" gelatin silver print, c. 1907, on 13x16.5 heavy brown paper. Inscribed in ink verso: Ruwenzori Africa / on
Est.
$1,000
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$1,500
SOLD
2 Dramatic views of High Peaks & Fauna: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Savoia, Margherita, 1906, Sella number R 105. 11.4x15.2" gelatin silver print, c. 1907, on 13x16.5" heavy brown paper. Inscribed in pencil verso: twice Savoia, Margherita / R I
Est.
$1,000
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$1,500
2 Views Mt. Stanley & Mt. Baker: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Mt. Stanley from Mt. Baker, 1906, Sella number R 115. 11.2x15.1" gelatin silver print, c. 1907, on 13x16.5" heavy brown paper. Inscribed in ink verso Ruwenzori / in ink and pencil
Est.
$1,000
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$1,500
Lot Passed
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2 STUNNING VIEWS of the Rwenzori 1906: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Ruwenzori Range from Butiti (50 miles), 1906, Sella number R 42. 11.2x15" gelatin silver print, c. 1907, on 13x15.5" heavy brown paper. Typed label taped down verso: It was here
Est.
$1,250
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$1,750
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9 PANEL Panorama Rwenzori Group: VITTORIO SELLA. Panorama of Ruwenzori Group from King Edward Peak (Mt. Baker), 1906, Sella number R 117-125. 10.9x121.5" gelatin silver prints, 9 panels, c. 1907, on 13x122.5" heavy brown paper.
Est.
$4,000
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$6,000
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4 PANEL Panorama Lower Hills & Fauna, Uganda 1906: VITTORIO SELLA. Country in west Uganda through which the Duke of the Abruzzi passed on way to the Ruwenzori Mountains, 1906, Sella number R 171-174. 11.4x54.9" gelatin silver prints, c. 1907, 4
Est.
$2,000
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$3,000
2 FRENCH ALPS Dauphine Les Ecrin Pic D: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. Les Ecrins, Glacier de la Bonne Pierre, from summit of Tete de la Maye, 8,272 feet, c. 1879-1892, Sella number A1 477. 16.5x22.4" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on
Est.
$1,000
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$1,500
Lot Passed
PANORAMA 3 Prints Les Rouies Dauphine: VITTORIO SELLA. Le Rateau, La Meije, Pic Gaspard (479); La Grande Ruine, Les Ecrins (480); Coolidge's Peak, Ailefroide (481). Panorama from the summit of Les Rouies, 11,920 feet, c. 1879-1892, Sella
Est.
$3,000
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$4,000
Lot Passed
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2 PRINTS La Meije Dauphine French Alps: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. La Meije and Breche De La Meije, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AI 488. 22x17.1" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 23.6x18" brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto:
Est.
$800
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$1,250
SOLD
2 Vittorio Sella La Grande Ruine French Alps: 1. VITTORIO SELLA. La Grande Ruine, Pic Bourcet, from near the Chatelleret Refuge, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AI 489. 11.3x15.2" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 12x16.5" brown board.
Est.
$400
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$600
SOLD
PIC BOURCET Dauphine French Alps Spectacular: VITTORIO SELLA. Bourcet Peak (Dauphiny), c. 1879-1892, Sella number 147/494. 15x11.1" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 17.3x13.6" heavy brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Alps
Est.
$600
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$800
SOLD
3 PANEL PANORAMA La Meije French Alps Sublime: VITTORIO SELLA. Central and eastern peaks of La Meije (497); Monte Viso, Pelvoux (498); Les Ecrins, Les Bans (499) Panorama from the eastern summit of La Meije, 13,077 feet, c. 1879-1892, Sella
Est.
$3,000
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$4,000
SOLD
BRECHE DE LA MEIJE DRAMATIC French Alps 1880s: VITTORIO SELLA. Breche de la Meije, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AI 501. 11.3x15.4" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 12x15.9" brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Alps / 501 Breche
Est.
$800
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$1,250