- PHOTOGRAPHY AND CAMERA HISTORY BOOKS,
PHOTOGRAPHY AND CAMERA HISTORY BOOKS, 13 Photography and Camera History Books, 13, and comprising: Coke, Van Deren "The Painter and the Phorograph"; Travis, David "The First Century of Photography: Niepce to Atget From the COllection of Andre Jammes."; Berger-Levrault "Regards sur la photographie en France au XIXe Siecle"; Green, Jonathan "Camera Work: A Critical Anthology"; Beaton, C. and Buckland, G, "The Magic Image: The Genius of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day", Gosling, Nigel "Nadar", Worswick, Clark (ed.) "Princely India", Harris, Mark Edward "Faces of the Twentieth Century"; Fralin, Frances "The Indelible Image"; Newhall, Nancy "P.H. Emerson"; Lothrop, Eaton S. "A Century of Cameras"; Campbell, Robun (Ed.) "From Today Painting Is Dead: The Beginnings of Photography"; Hill and Adamson, "An Early Victorian Album". 10" H x 10.5" W x 1" D.
- BEAUMONT NEWHALL (B.1901), "STILL LIFE
BEAUMONT NEWHALL (B.1901), "STILL LIFE - WILDCAT HILL," 1940-41, GELATIN SILVER PRINT ON PAPER MOUNTED TO A BOARD MOUNT, IMAGE: 9.25" H X 12.25" W; SIGHT: 15.75" H X 19.75" WBeaumont Newhall, (b.1901) "Still life - Wildcat Hill," 1940-41, Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a board mount Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on the mount and directly below the image: Beaumont Newhall; inscribed in pencil in lower right corner of the mount: For Amy - / In appreciation / and with affection / - Beaumont Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a board mount Dimensions: Image: 9.25" H x 12.25" W; Sight: 15.75" H x 19.75" W Provenance: The Estate of Dr. Amy Conger
- BEAUMONT NEWHALL (1908-1993), "THE DARKROOM
BEAUMONT NEWHALL (1908-1993), "THE DARKROOM WINDOW [OF EDWARD WESTON]," 1940, SILVER GELATIN ON PAPER MOUNTED TO A BOARD MOUNT, IMAGE/SHEET: 8.875" H X 7" W; MOUNT: 10" H X 8" WBeaumont Newhall, (1908-1993) "The Darkroom Window [of Edward Weston]," 1940, Silver gelatin on paper mounted to a board mount Unsigned; titled and dated from labels affixed to the mat board Silver gelatin on paper mounted to a board mount Dimensions: Image/Sheet: 8.875" H x 7" W; Mount: 10" H x 8" W Provenance: Beaumont Newhall Collection, Santa Fe, NM The Estate of Dr. Amy Conger
- (LOT OF 6) HARDBOUND ART BOOKS INCLUDING
(LOT OF 6) HARDBOUND ART BOOKS INCLUDING ANSEL ADAMS (lot of 6) Hardbound art books, consisting of Ansel Adams, Vol. 1, The Eloquent Light by Nancy Newhall, Sierra Club, 1963 and (5) Art in America volumes, including Literature & Art, No. 2, 1959; What is American?, Fall 1958; New Talent in the U.S.A., No. 1 1958-59, 1959; Problems of Portraiture, Winter and Visual Communication, No. 4, 1959
- GROUP FOUR CHINESE PORCELAIN ITEMScomprising
GROUP FOUR CHINESE PORCELAIN ITEMScomprising an attr. Newhall Dutch harbor scene lidded creamer, lidded polychrome Chinese scene and dogs and applied swirl decoration toward base; Japanese blue and white vase, and a vase signed with four characters. Largest vase: 6" high, 3 3/4" diameter. Paint wear, small damages to one finial on lid, losses to applied swirl. Property of a Greenwich CT estate.
Condition:
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- BRITISH NEWHALL PORCELAIN TEA SERVICE
BRITISH NEWHALL PORCELAIN TEA SERVICE FOR SIXcirca 1815, comprising: six teacups, six saucers in two sizes, teapot, creamer, waste bowl, and punch bowl, each having mandarin palette decoration with famille rose transfer highlights, in the "Boy in the Window" pattern, punch bowl 4-1/4 x 10 in.
Provenance: Private Collection, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Condition:
punch bowl with two flat chips to rim, each with scratching, accretion, wear/rubbing to decoration, pinholes, anomalies (as made), some numbered "425" to base, teacup with repair to rim, dirty, wear to foot rings, hairlines, chips to rim, one saucer with label to base New Hall 422", one saucer with small spider crack, appears as made, crazing, discoloration, teapot with crack to interior
- ANSEL ADAMS(American, 1902-1984)
Monolith,
ANSEL ADAMS(American, 1902-1984)
Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, 1927, Yosemite National Park, California, signed in pencil mount lower right, artist's Carmel studio stamp with title and date in ink, mount verso, gelatin silver print, 19 x 14 in.; silver metal sectional frame, 28-1/4 x 22-1/4 in.
Selected Literature: Adams, Yosemite and the Range of Light , Little, Brown and Company, 1992, pl. 54; Newhall, The Eloquent Light , Sierra Club, 1963, p. 45; Adams, Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs , Little, Brown and Company, 1983, p. 2; Stillman, ed. Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs , Little, Brown and Company, 2007, pp. 35 and 414; Stillman, Looking at Ansel Adams: The Photographs and the Man , Little, Brown and Company, 2012, p. 42.
Condition:
mounted, print with at least four very tiny whitish spots in sky left, possible accretion or unspotted areas; mount and frame in good condition
- Two Newhall famille rose tea bowls and
Two Newhall famille rose tea bowls and saucers, another bowl, two Worcester blue and white bowls, a set of four Copenhagen plates with flowers and a figure of a maiden
- SIX 19TH C BOOKS RELATED TO WHALING
SIX 19TH C BOOKS RELATED TO WHALING TO INCLUDEFIGHTING THE WHALES, 1866, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, SMALL 8VO, GREEN CLOTH BOARDS BY R. M. BALLANTYNE, 140 PAGES. GOOD CONDITION. THE WHALE AND HIS CAPTORS BY REV. HENRY T. CHEEVER, NY, 1949, BROWN EMBOSSED CLOTH BOARDS, 314 PAGES. 3 BLANK PAGES IN REAR SHOW TEARS, WATER STAINING AND FOXING, SPINE IS CRACKED. THE CRUISE OF THE CACHALOT BY FRANK T. BULLEN, LONDON, 1898. BLUE CLOTH BOARDS WITH EMBOSSED GOLD WHALE. OCTAVO, FIRST EDITION WITH FRONTISPIECE, MAP AND 7 PLATES. 379 PAGES. GOOD CONDITION. A BOOK TITLED LIFE IN A WHALER BY SAILOR CHARLEY, LONDON. BROWN LEATHER BINDING WITH GILT DECORATION, SMALL 8VO, 424 GILT PAGES. GOOD CONDITION. THE ADVENTURES OF JACK OR A LIFE ON THE WAVE BY CHAS. L. NEWHALL, 1859, SMALL 8VO, FIRST PRINTING. EMBOSSED BROWN CLOTH BOARDS WITH GILT DECORATION, 134 PAGES. MINOR STAINING AND SCUFFING, OTHERWISE GOOD CONDITION. BOOK TITLED WHALING AND FISHING BY CHARLES NORDHOFF, 1856, SMALL 8VO, GREEN CLOTH BOARDS, 383 PAGES, MINOR FOXING. GOOD CONDITION. FROM IPPOLITO COLLECTION.
- (4) COFFEE TABLE BOOKS: PHOTOGRAPHY(lot
(4) COFFEE TABLE BOOKS: PHOTOGRAPHY(lot of 4) Coffee table books pertaining to photography, titles include: (1) "The Portfolios of Ansel Adams, introduction by John Szarkowski; (1) "The History of Photography", by Beaumont Newhall, signed by the author; (1) "A World History of Photography", third edition, by Naomi Roseblum; (1) "Photographs: Annie Leibovitz 1970-1990"; largest: approx 13.25"h, 11.25"w, 1"d; 16lbs total
- KATE WHITE NEWHALL (NEW JERSEY/CALIFORNIA/MASSACHUSETTS,
KATE WHITE NEWHALL (NEW JERSEY/CALIFORNIA/MASSACHUSETTS, 1840-1917), WAVES CRASHING ON THE SHORE., OIL ON BOARD, 4.25" X 7.25". FRAMED 7" X 10".KATE WHITE NEWHALL, New Jersey/California/Massachusetts, 1840-1917, Waves crashing on the shore. Signed and dated lower left "K.W. Newhall 1897". A finely executed work evocative of William Trost Richards. Dimensions: Oil on board, 4.25" x 7.25". Framed 7" x 10".
- NINE PHOTOGRAPHY REFERENCE BOOKS: LIEBOVITZ,
NINE PHOTOGRAPHY REFERENCE BOOKS: LIEBOVITZ, WESTON, STRAND, EVANS, ADAMS, MAPPLETHORPE 11 1/2"H X 13 1/4"W X 1"D (LARGEST)Nine photography reference books: Liebovitz, Weston, Strand, Evans, Adams, Mapplethorpe, Supreme Instants: The Photography of Edward Weston, Beaumont Newhall, 1986 Paul Strand Sixty Years of Photographs, An Aperture Mongraph, Tomkins, 1976 Walker Evans, John Szarkowski, The Museum of Modern Art, 1971 Photographs Annie Leibovitz 1970-1990, Harper Collins, 1991 When Photography Works, Val Williams, Barron's, 2012 Photography A Complete Guid to the Greatest Artists of the Photographic Age, Reuel Golden, 1993 The Mural Project, Peter Wright and John Armor, Photography by Ansel Adams, 1989 Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Marshall, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1988 Ansel Adams at 100, John Szarkowski, Little Brown, 2001 Dimensions: 11 1/2"H x 13 1/4"W x 1"D (largest)