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CARLETON E. WATKINS (1829-1916) The Domes from Yosemite Valley.
Estimate:
$10,000 - $15,000
Passed
Live Auction
An American Century: The Collection of Dr. James & Debra Pearl & Fine Photographs
Description
CARLETON E. WATKINS (1829-1916)
The Domes from Yosemite Valley.
Mammoth albumen print, the image measuring 15¾x20½ inches (40x52 cm.), the mount 22x28 inches (55.9x.1 cm.), with I.W. Taber's credit, slightly variant title, and number 58 in the negative. 1865-66; printed 1870s
Provenance: From the Collection of Dr. James and Debra Pearl
According to Weston Naef, this view was made looking east from the vicinity of the confluence of Indian Canyon Creek with the Merced River.
Reproduced: Weston Naef and Christine Hult-Lewis, Carleton Watkins: The Complete Mammoth Photographs (Getty), cat. no. 213, p. 95
Mammoth albumen print, the image measuring 15¾x20½ inches (40x52 cm.), the mount 22x28 inches (55.9x.1 cm.), with I.W. Taber's credit, slightly variant title, and number 58 in the negative. 1865-66; printed 1870s
Provenance: From the Collection of Dr. James and Debra Pearl
According to Weston Naef, this view was made looking east from the vicinity of the confluence of Indian Canyon Creek with the Merced River.
Reproduced: Weston Naef and Christine Hult-Lewis, Carleton Watkins: The Complete Mammoth Photographs (Getty), cat. no. 213, p. 95
