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Lot 78: Pirkle Jones B. 1914 , 'portfolio two'

Est: $8,000 USD - $12,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USApril 26, 2007

Item Overview

Description

(Mill Valley, California: self-published, 1968, an edition of 110 numbered copies), a portfolio of 12 photographs, each mounted, signed by the photographer and with the portfolio stamp, numbered '68' and sequentially by him, in ink on the reverse, 1947-58, printed in 1968; together with the printed title, dedication numbered '68' by the photographer in ink, introduction by Ansel Adams, and plate list. Folio, gilt-lettered linen clamshell box, no. 68 in a total edition of 110 ( Pirkle Jones , pp. 8-9, 22-23, 33, 89, 94, 96)

Dimensions

measurements note each approximately 9½ by 13¼ in. (24.1 by 33.7 cm.) or the reverse

Artist or Maker

Notes

The plates are as follows: Breaking Wave, Golden Gate, San Francisco , 1952 Log and Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco , 1952 View of San Francisco in the Rain , 1952 Woman with Umbrella, San Francisco , 1955 Sunset District and Pacific Ocean, San Francisco , 1951 Figures in the Rain, San Francisco , 1955 Worker, Saratoga, California , 1958 Grape Picker, Berryessa Valley, California , 1956 Oak Tree and Rock, Black Hawk Ranch, California , 1954 Cowboy, Arizona , 1957 Landscape, Jackson, California , 1948 Garden Detail, San Francisco , 1947

Auction Details

Photographs

by
Sotheby's
April 26, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US