F I N E B O O K S & M A N U S C R I P T S
ADELIE PENGUINS ON THE SUMMER ICE
30. Summertime, The Opening-Up Of The Ice PONTING, Herbert George
Fine Art Society, [taken 7th January 1911, issued 1913]. Original blue-tinted carbon print. 580 x 740mm. Ponting’s blindstamp signature to lower right corner, with the original Fine Art Society label to rear. In the original oak frame with gilt border. A remarkably clear and crisp, near fine example. One slight strip of toning to the image, but other - wise of great clarity and sharpness. [42184] £25,000 A classic image showing one of Ponting’s great photographic subjects, Adelie penguins on the Summer ice, in the most desirable format. Ponting’s animal studies “necessitated weeks of patient watching for opportunities. Many days were spent, in temperatures well below zero, camping out on the ice, and hours of waiting, al- most motionless, beside the camera, to secure records of curious habits, never before illustrated” (FAS exhibition catalogue). The Fine Art Society Exhibition in 1913 sold carbon prints of 145 of Ponting’s choicest photo- graphs. Examples such as this - the largest sized prints available in their original frames - are uncommon PROVENANCE: The Fine Art Society, 1913, No. 87.
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