Ansel Adams Photograph Auctions for $609,000
“Moonrise,� a rare 1948 print of Ansel Adams’ work has sold for a record $609,000 at Sotheby’s New York. A London art dealer paid the amount in behalf of a private client. It was owned by Adams’ friend and former assistant Pirkle Jones, who got it directly from the photography legend.
“Moonriseâ€? is one of Adams’ most famous photographs. He was driving past Hernandez, Mexico late in the day on November 1, 1941 when he took the picture. “Adams managed to set up his camera and grab the image just as the daylight was disappearing,â€? according to Sotheby’s catalog notes.
There were only a few prints made of “Moonrise�. In 1948 Adams reprocessed it to increase the density of the foreground to make it easier to print.
There was another “Moonrise� print in 2002 which sold for $136,000. The previous auction record for any Adams photograph was set earlier this year with a series called “Surf Sequence, San Mateo Coast, California. It sold for $352,000.
[Via: PDNonline.com]
[Photo courtesy of The Ansel Adams Gallery]
