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ADAMS, ANSEL (1902-1984)
Portfolio #4: “What Majestic Word, In Memory of Russell Varian,” complete with 15 beautiful
photographs of landscapes and details of the natural world. Silver prints, each ranging from
approximately 7
1
/
4
x7
3
/
4
to 10x12
3
/
4
inches (18.4x19.7 to 25.4x32.4 cm.), and the reverse, each with
Adams’s signature, in ink, on mount recto and with the portfolio label with the printed titles and
publisher, and set number 197, in ink, on mount verso; each print housed in a printed folder. Folio,
gray gilt-lettered four-fold linen case; with the edition number, in ink, on the colophon (2); contents
loose as issued.
ONE OF AN EDITION OF
260
COPIES
. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1963
[50,000/75,000]
“Dunes, Oceano, California” * “Vernal Falls,Yosemite Valley, California” * “Northern California
Coast Redwoods” * “Teklanika River, Mount McKinley National Park,Alaska” * “Sequoia Roots,
Mariposa Grove,Yosemite National Park, California” * “Leaf, Glacier Bay National Monument,
Alaska” * “Cathedral Peak and Lake,Yosemite National Park, California” * “Clearing Storm,
Sonoma County Hills, California” * “OakTree, Sunset City, Sierra Foothills, California” * “Castle
Rock, Summit Road Above Saratoga, California” * “Orchard, Early Spring, Near Stanford University,
California” * “Siesta Lake, Yosemite National Park, California” * “Storm Surf, Timber Cove,
California” * “Tuolumne Meadows,Yosemite National Park, California” * “Sierra Nevada,Winter
Evening, From the Owens Valley, California.”
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