1. VITTORIO SELLA. Matterhorn, Unter-Gabelhorn, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AVI 370. 11.1x14.9" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 13x16.5" gray board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Alps / Matterhorn, Unter-Gabelhorn, etc. / VI 370. Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; inscribed in ink: 370. Inscribed in pencil on mount verso: Loan 61 / 370.

2. VITTORIO SELLA. Anniviers Valley and Neighborhood, from the summit of the Weisshorn, 14,800 feet, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AVI 365. 11.3x15" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 12.1x16.8" brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 365. / Anniviers Valley and neighborhood / from summit of Weisshorn, 14800 ft.; inscribed in blue pencil: A VI. Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; inscribed in ink 365. Stamped in ink on mount verso: Depose / Tous Droits Reserves / V. Stella - Biella.

3. VITTORIO SELLA. Matterhorn and Dent Blanche, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AVI 364. 11.3x14.9" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 12.9x16.5" heavy gray board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Alps / Matterhorn and Dent Blanche / VI 364. Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; inscribed in pencil: 364 A VI. Inscribed in pencil on mount verso: Loan 60.

This sale of lots from this auction will directly benefit the Appalachian Mountain Club Trails Protection Fund; Conservation Research and Climate Action; and the Modernization and Preservation of the AMC Library and Archives.

Sella created the greatest exhibition of his career, the February 1893 Geographical Exhibition of Turin, where his prints won the Grand Gold Medal and Diploma of Honour. The exhibition was organized around his photo-essays of geographic sub-regions. The first eleven sections featured topographic views of the Alps, the twelfth section was on Mt. Etna, and the thirteenth and fourteenth sections contained ethnographic and topographic views of the Caucasus. From Turin the exhibition traveled to Boston where it was exhibited and purchased by the Appalachian Mountain club. After being exhibited at the AMC and the Boston Arts Club in 1893, the prints traveled to New England and for the next 12 years circulated in various forms throughout the United States. In 1897, Sella, on his way to Alaska, saw an exhibition of his prints in Portland hosted by the Mazamas Club. After 1910 the prints were exhibited only sporadically. This lot contains original exhibition prints.

1. 370 Good: Minor wear, edge wear, abrasions and dirt, emulsion rubs top edge, crease in print from upper to lower edge on L side; bubbling under print in lower L quadrant. Mount has edge and corner wear marks and dirt.

2. 365 Good: Minor wear, edge wear, abrasions and dirt, crack in print and mount lower left. Mount has edge and corner wear marks, missing corners, and dirt.

3. 364 Good: Moderate wear, edge wear, abrasions and dirt, emulsion rubs top edge. Mount has edge and corner wear marks and dirt.