Ansel Adams

mounted on Hi-Art illustration board, signed in green ink on the mount, Carmel studio stamps (BMFA 7 and 8), titled and annotated in ink, on the reverse, framed, Polaroid Collection stamps on the reverse, 1944, probably printed between 1963 and 1970

This photograph is in generally excellent condition. There is minor edge chipping along the center left edge of the print. The periphery of the mount is lightly darkened. On the reverse of the mount, 'Hasselblad Negative' is annotated in ink. 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 stamps 7 and 8 on the reverse of this print: 1963 to 1970.
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