Ansel Adams (1902-1984) Portfolio IV, What Majestic Word: In Memory of Russell Varian, 1943-63 (San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1963) complete with 15 gelatin silver prints, each mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, the printed portfolio label and number '132' in red ink on the reverse, together with the printed title and colophon, editioned '132' in red ink, in duplicate; all encased in the lettered green cloth portfolio with flaps and ties; this work is no. 132 from an edition of 260. the images various sizes to 11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.9 cm.) or the reverse the mounts 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.6 cm.) or the reverse Footnotes: Provenance Private Collection, San Francisco Thence by descent to the present owner in 2001 Literature John Szarkowski, The Portfolios of Ansel Adams (New York, 1998), n.p. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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