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CARLETON WATKINS (American, 1829-1916) YOSEMITE VALLEY, MARIPOSA CO. (WATKINS NEW SERIES) stampe...

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CARLETON WATKINS (American, 1829-1916) YOSEMITE VALLEY, MARIPOSA CO. (WATKINS NEW SERIES) stampe...
CARLETON WATKINS (American, 1829-1916) YOSEMITE VALLEY, MARIPOSA CO. (WATKINS NEW SERIES) stamped "YOSEMITE VALLEY, MARIPOSA CO., WATKINS NEW SERIES, 427 MONTGOMERY ST. S. F. NO. a-1 [written in pencil]" in blue ink on verso vintage albumen print 7 7/8 x 12 in. (20 x 30.5 cm) circa 1878 PROVENANCE Private Collection, NEW YORK LITERATURE Douglas R. Nickel, CARLETON WATKINS: THE ART OF PERCEPTION, SAN FRANCISCO, 1999, pl. 38 (variant illustrated) Peter Palmquist, CARLETON WATKINS: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1861-1874, San Francisco, 1989, pls. 2 & 3 (earlier mammoth plate variants illustrated) Watkins had severe financial difficulties in 1874. His studio and all his negatives were taken over by a competitor. He immediately set to work on "Watkins New Series" to replace the negatives he had lost. In 1878, he spent most of the summer in his beloved Yosemite Valley, where he made this photograph.
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