Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2535BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 28, 2011 12:00PM
Description:
William Henry Jackson (American, 1843-1942)
Great Canyon of the Colorado, near Peach Springs. Numbered "173" and titled within the negative. Albumen print, sheet/image size 13 3/8 x 10 in. (34.0 x 25.5 cm),matted, unframed.
Condition: Mounted at a later date.
Provenance: From the collection of Austin Lamont, by family descent.
Estimate $400-600
The work is faded gently but unevenly. The fading is greatest near the right edge. As described above, the albumen print has been mounted to a newer sheet. New sheet is hinged to back mat. The sheet curls up from the bottom when the window mat is opened.
Inscribed with the following inventory number, "EL 1982-14/22/J55/1788" l.c. on the reverse.