Ansel Adams

mural-sized, flush-mounted, framed, 'Property of Polaroid Corporate Archives' stamp on the reverse, 1942, probably printed in the 1950s or 1960s

Other prints of this image:

Andrea G. Stillman, Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs (Boston, 2007), cover and p. 205

Andrea G. Stillman and William A. Turnage, eds., Our National Parks (Boston, 1992), cover and p. 31

Ansel Adams (Morgan & Morgan, 1972), pl. 56

Ansel Adams and Mary Street Alinder, Ansel Adams: An Autobiography (Boston, 1985), p. 192

Peter Wright and John Armor, The Mural Project: Photographs by Ansel Adams (Santa Barbara, 1989), p. 73

James Alinder and John Szarkowski, Ansel Adams: Classic Images (Boston, 1985), p. 35

This majestic print is in generally very good condition. Upon close examination, there are small areas of in-painting and retouching visible in the sky, the central portion of the print, and along the left edge of the image. This print has undergone recent successful conservation, and a treatment report is available upon request. This photograph is in its original thin white frame, which is not glazed. On the reverse of the frame, there is a tideline, as well as various scratches, nicks, and nail holes at the edges.
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