Ansel Adams

Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley, C. 1936

Found at Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Ansel Adams and the American West, Lot 22
8. Apr - 8. Apr 2021

Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 52.500 USD

Description

ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed probably 1963-1973
signed in pencil (mount, recto); titled and inscribed in ink in photographer's Carmel credit [BMFA 7], and with Center for Creative Photography & AAPRT stamps (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 19 x 15¼ in. (48.2 x 38.7 cm.)
mount: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.8 cm.)
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 75 %.

This artwork by Ansel Adams achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in April 2021. In the Ansel Adams and the American West auction, the work Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley, C. 1936 sold for USD 52,500.00 (€ 43,640.90) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Ansel Adams achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming in December 2020 with an auction result of USD 988,000.00 (€ 807,849.55).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 75 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Ansel Adams erzielte im April 2021 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Ansel Adams and the American West wurde die Arbeit Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley, C. 1936 für USD 52.500,00 (€ 43.640,90) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Ansel Adams erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming im Dezember 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 988.000,00 (€ 807.849,55).