Ansel Adams

mounted, signed on the mount, the Carmel studio stamp (BMFA 11) on the reverse, framed, 1942, printed between 1973 and 1977

This Is the American Earth, p. 15; 400 Photographs, cover and p. 205; Our National Parks, cover and p. 31; Classic Images, p. 35; Morgan & Morgan, pl. 56; Autobiography, p. 192

This print is in generally excellent condition. On the reverse of the mount, there are fingerprints at the left and right edges, as well as light soiling. The annotation 'Light' has been written in pencil in an unidentified hand at the right side. Karen Haas's and Rebecca Senf's book, 'Ansel Adams in the Lane Collection,' publishes the most comprehensive list to date of the studio stamps and labels Adams used throughout his career. Our dating of this print is based upon the authors' assessment of the use dates of stamp 11 on the reverse of this print: 1973 to 1977.
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The full catalogue information for this lot is as follows:

mounted, signed by the photographer in pencil on the mount, his Carmel studio stamp (BMFA 11), titled and dated in an unidentified hand in ink, on the reverse, matted, framed, 1942, printed between 1973 and 1977