Ansel Adams and The American West: Photographs to Benefit The Center for Creative Photography | Christie’s

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ANSEL ADAMS AND THE AMERICAN WEST:
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE CENTER FOR CREATIVE
PHOTOGRAPHY | DECEMBER 2019

Sold to Establish a New Acquisition Endowment in Order to Diversify the Center’s Permanent Collection

New York – Christie’s is pleased to announce Ansel Adams And The American West: Photographs From The Center For Creative Photography, a sale of 150 Ansel Adams photographs to benefit The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, which begins with a live auction on 10 December at Christie’s New York and will follow with additional online sales in the spring and fall of 2020. The works explore the American West as captured by Adams and will benefit the Center in establishing a new acquisition endowment with the goal of diversifying their permanent collection.

Highlights from the December sale include Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941, gelatin silver print (estimate: $30,000 – 50,000), Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite Valley, circa 1940, gelatin silver print (estimate: $30,000 – 50,000), The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942, gelatin silver print ($20,000 – 30,000), and Georgia O’Keeffe and Orville Cox, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, 1937, gelatin silver print (estimate: $12,000 – 18,000).

The new acquisition endowment is possible due to Ansel Adams’ lifelong commitment to the field of photography. When Adams co-founded The Center for Creative Photography, he wanted it to be more than a museum solely dedicated to exhibiting his work. His vision, which has become a reality, was to create a seminal place for the exhibition, research, dialogue, and celebration of all photographers and photography throughout time. The distinct group of works in this sale are duplicate prints that were initially placed at the Center by Adams and reside outside of his archive. This sale will allow the Center to continue to further his vision by diversifying its collection.

Please see the full press release.