***A BEAUTIFUL NEAR MINT, NEAR FINE, LIMITED EDITION FACSIMILE COPY OF ANSEL ADAMS’ MONUMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ACHIEVEMENT: TAOS PUEBLO***
Flat-signed in ink by Ansel Adams on the limitations page and numbered #413 out of only 950 copies. It is an excellent facsimile of the rare Grabhorn original edition of only 108 that was published in 1930. An original copy costs anywhere between $60,000 - $120,000 on rare book sites and at prestigious auction houses.
OVERALL CONDITION: NEAR FINE
Published by New York Graphics Society (an imprint of Little, Brown and Company) in 1977 in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1/4 tan leather over orange linen and housed in its original orange linen slipcase. Five raised spine bands. Orange marbled endpapers. Photographed by Ansel Easton Adams and described by Mary Austin. Twelve b/w photographs by Adams, woodcut decorations by Valenti Angelo. Bound by Vincent Mullins. The photographs were printed in beautiful duotone from photogravures by George Waters at Pacific Litho. Tall folio, 12¾" x 17¾.”
ABOUT TAOS PUEBLO
When Ansel Adams traveled to New Mexico for his fourth time in April 1929, the majesty of the desert had already started to ingrain itself deep in his soul. During this particular trip, Ansel began to develop a lasting and very rewarding collaboration with feminist writer and bohemian Mary Austin. The artistic duet between Ansel and Mary in this particular case spawned the creation of “Taos Pueblo,” an exceptional project at the intersection of their two careers as photographer and writer.
Ansel and Mary decided upon the subject of the Pueblo of Taos for their creative collaboration. Their dream came to fruition with the help of friend Tony Lujan, a Taos Indian, whose wife Mabel, heiress and patron of the arts, hosted Ansel and Mary at her home in Los Gallos, Taos. Tony Lujan approached the Governor of Taos, who in turn held a Council Meeting, and the following day granted Ansel permission to photograph the Pueblo
A seminal work in Ansel’s career, and a landmark photography book, “Taos Pueblo” is considered by many to be the greatest pictorial representation of the American West. With the publication of “Taos Pueblo,” Ansel launched his career as arguably the greatest landscape photographer of our time.
CONDITION: NF
The book is in NEAR FINE (many would say FINE) condition, some light rubbing to spine tips and a few scuffs to the leather spine else FINE. Interior looks brand new and is FINE to VERY FINE - clean, bright pages with no writing, bookplates, stamps or wear.
The slip case is lightly rubbed and would be considered NEAR FINE.
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