Auction: Discovery - 2466Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: July 15, 2009 2:00PM
Description:
Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829-1916)
Six Yosemite Valley Landscapes. All signed "C. E. Watkins-" in ink on the mount l.r., all titled in pencil, possibly in the artist's hand, on the mount l.r. Albumen prints, mounted, image sizes 16 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. and 20 x 16 1/2 in., unframed. Condition: Rippling, staining, toning/discoloration, foxing, bloom, losses (predominately to the mounts).
Estimate $1,000-2,000
Titles include:
-The Lake, Yosemite Valley
-Trees from Camp Grove, Yosemite Valley
-Cathedral Towers, Yosemite (sic) Valley
-El Capitan, 3600 ft, Yosemite Valley
-No. Broderick, Nevada Trall, 700 ft. Yosemite.
-Sentential, 327 ft...