American Arctic exploration classic up at New York auction
The Arctic Regions, 1873, a sumptuously bound narrative of American artist William Bradford’s seven expeditions to the Arctic, illustrated with 141 mounted albumen photographs, is the highest-estimated lot in the April 20 Swann Galleries photographs and photobooks sale.
Scenes include massive ice floes looming over his ship, Panther, nearly abstract views of icebergs…