Visual Materials
Jack and Beverly Waltman Collection
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- Description
- This collection contains 89 fine art black-and-white photographs focused primarily on the landscape work of Ansel Adams (with vintage as well as later prints made by Alan Ross) and his followers, including John Sexton, Don Worth, Henry Gilpin, and Ray McSavaney. The collection consists of 46 prints by Adams, 11 by John Sexton, and 7 by Ray McSavaney, as well as a small number of works from additional photographers: Berenice Abbot (1); Ruth Bernhard (1); Robert Byers (1); Walker Evans (1); Oliver Gagliani (1); William Garnett (1); Richard Garrod (3); Henry Gilpin (3); Irving Penn (1); Alan Ross (1); Dody W. Thompson (2); Jack Waltman (1); Al Weber (1); Brett Weston (1); Edward Weston (4) and; Don Worth (2). Many of the images focus on scenic landscape views chiefly in Yosemite Valley, California, and other locations in the American West, as well as botanical prints. Some exceptions include a 1913 portrait of an infant by Edward Weston (Item 59); a view of New York City buildings by Berenice Abbott (Item 61); a nude by Ruth Bernhard (Item 62); "Street Photographer, New York" by Irving Penn (Item 87); "Summer Idyll" a photograph of Rae Davis Knight by Edward Weston (Item 88); and "Mabel Beatrice Cooper, Soprano" by Edward Weston (Item 89).
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