Majestic Adams photo on block
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June 14, 2010, Monday
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A STRIKING black-and-white photograph of the majestic Bridalveil waterfall is among numerous shots that landscape photographer Ansel Adams took with Polaroid film - a technology many celebrated artists embraced to produce innovative and surprising works.
The mural-sized iconic image, "Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite," is going on the auction block at a pre-sale estimate of US$70,000 to US$100,000.
The image is among 1,000 Polaroid and gelatin silver prints by some of the biggest names in 20th-century photography being offered at Sotheby's on June 21-22 as part of a bankruptcy. The prints are being sold by PBE Corp, a previous owner of the Polaroid brand.
"It is the largest and best collection of works by Ansel Adams to ever come on the market, representing a broad spectrum of most of his career," said Sotheby's photography expert Denise Bethel.
The Polaroid camera was the invention of Edwin H. Land, whose revolutionary 1948 technology for instant photography was not matched until the arrival of the digital camera almost 40 years later.
Land hired Adams as a consultant a year after the camera hit the market - a collaboration that lasted 35 years. The photographer produced some of the most sweeping and dramatic black-and-white photos of the American West.
Soon after coming to Polaroid, Adams began building the company's collection, acquiring works by such lens masters as Dorothea Lange, Margaret Bourke-White, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham and William Garnett. He also selected works by emerging artists.
The images at Sotheby's constitute the cream of the storied collection of 16,000 photographs. The largest number belongs to Adams, about 400 Polaroid and non-Polaroid images.
The mural-sized iconic image, "Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite," is going on the auction block at a pre-sale estimate of US$70,000 to US$100,000.
The image is among 1,000 Polaroid and gelatin silver prints by some of the biggest names in 20th-century photography being offered at Sotheby's on June 21-22 as part of a bankruptcy. The prints are being sold by PBE Corp, a previous owner of the Polaroid brand.
"It is the largest and best collection of works by Ansel Adams to ever come on the market, representing a broad spectrum of most of his career," said Sotheby's photography expert Denise Bethel.
The Polaroid camera was the invention of Edwin H. Land, whose revolutionary 1948 technology for instant photography was not matched until the arrival of the digital camera almost 40 years later.
Land hired Adams as a consultant a year after the camera hit the market - a collaboration that lasted 35 years. The photographer produced some of the most sweeping and dramatic black-and-white photos of the American West.
Soon after coming to Polaroid, Adams began building the company's collection, acquiring works by such lens masters as Dorothea Lange, Margaret Bourke-White, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham and William Garnett. He also selected works by emerging artists.
The images at Sotheby's constitute the cream of the storied collection of 16,000 photographs. The largest number belongs to Adams, about 400 Polaroid and non-Polaroid images.
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