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Carleton E. Watkins — 'View Down the Valley from the Ferry Bend, Yosemite'
Carleton E. Watkins

'View Down the Valley from the Ferry Bend, Yosemite'

A mammoth-plate albumen print by pioneering landscape photographer Carleton E. Watkins showing a vista down Yosemite Valley from Ferry Bend. The mounted photograph includes the photographer's original letterpress label with catalog number and studio address.

Medium
mammoth-plate albumen print, mounted, the photographer's letterpress label, with the title, series title and number '811,' and his '427 Montgomery Street, San Francisco' studio address, affixed to the mount, a 'Gordon L. Bennett Collection' stamp on the reverse, framed, 1878-81

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March 29, 2021

Estimate: $10,000$15,000

Lot 51

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Carleton E. Watkins, 'View Down the Valley from the Ferry Bend, Yosemite'

A mammoth-plate albumen print by pioneering landscape photographer Carleton E. Watkins showing a vista down Yosemite Valley from Ferry Bend. The mounted photograph includes the photographer's original letterpress label with catalog number and studio address.

Medium
mammoth-plate albumen print, mounted, the photographer's letterpress label, with the title, series title and number '811,' and his '427 Montgomery Street, San Francisco' studio address, affixed to the mount, a 'Gordon L. Bennett Collection' stamp on the reverse, framed, 1878-81
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Landscape Photography, Albumen Print, Mammoth-Plate, 19th Century, Documentary Photography, Yosemite, American West, Carleton Watkins

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Collected by

Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art