Ansel Adams

mounted on Hi-Art illustration board, signed in ink on the mount, Carmel studio stamps (BMFA 7 and 8), titled and annotated in ink, on the reverse, framed, an Ansel Adams & Edwin Land exhibition label and Polaroid Collection stamps on the reverse, circa 1960, probably printed between 1963 and 1970 (Yosemite and the Range of Light, pl. 68; Classic Images, pl. 65; Yosemite: Ansel Adams, p. 68)

Naples, Florida, Museum of Art, Ansel Adams & Edwin Land: Art, Science and Invention, Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, May - July 2004, and traveling to 8 other venues through 2007 (see Appendix 1)

This photograph is in generally very good condition. In the lower left quadrant of the image, 3 tiny losses to the top layer of emulsion are visible. There is a deposit of original retouching, which appears to have turned a light greenish hue, in the lower right quadrant of the image. In high raking light, tiny deposits of original retouching and 2 faint horizontal surface scratches are visible along the left side of the image. The mat is hinged to the mount along the upper edge with paper tape. 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. The authors' assessment of the use dates of stamps 7 and 8 on the reverse of the print's mount is 1963 to 1970.
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