Ansel Adams Portfolio III

Property from the Collection of Margaretta Mitchell
Ansel Adams
1902 - 1984
Portfolio III

(San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1960, an edition of 208), the complete portfolio of 16 gelatin silver prints, each mounted; each signed in ink and sequentially numbered '1' to '16' in pencil on the mount, the Portfolio stamp, sequentially numbered '1' to '16' and editioned ‘199’ in red ink, on the reverse of the mount; together with the printed title and colophon, editioned '199' in ink, in duplicate; lettered green cloth portfolio with flaps and ties
images: from 7⅛ by 6⅝ in. (18.2 by 16.9 cm.) to 11⅜ by 7¾ in. (29 by 19.7 cm.)
portfolio: 18¼ by 14½ by 2 in. (46.4 by 36.8 by 5.1 cm.)
Executed circa 1927-56, printed in 1960.

Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.

This portfolio is in generally excellent condition. The original portfolio box is nearly pristine, having been wrapped and stored by its owner since purchase

Individual titles and dates as follows:

1. Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, c. 1927
2. Merced River, Cliffs of Cathedral Rocks, Autumn, 1939
3. Lower Yosemite Fall, c. 1946
4. Trees and Snow, 1933
5. Branches in Snow, c. 1932
6. El Capitan, Sunrise, 1956
7. Tenaya Creek, Spring Rain, 1959
8. Water and Foam, c. 1960
9. Winter Storm, 1940
10. Dogwood Blossoms, 1938
11. Grass and Pool, c. 1935
12. Nevada Fall, Rainbow, c. 1947
13. Rushing Water, Merced River, c. 1955
14. Bridalveil Fall, c. 1952
15. Trees and Cliffs, 1954
16. Half Dome, Thunder Cloud, c. 1956

The title/colophon/plate list exists in duplicate. It is slightly age darkened.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the photographer circa 1960 by the present owner