Ansel Adams

from a Polaroid Type 55 negative, mounted on Flaxon illustration board, signed in ink on the mount, Carmel studio stamps (BMFA 5, 6, and 10), titled, annotated, and dated in ink, on the reverse, framed, an Ansel Adams & Edwin Land exhibition label on the reverse, 1965

Quito, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, From the Polaroid Collection: Ansel Adams, sponsored by the Embassy of the United States, October - November 2001, and traveling to 3 other venues through 2003 (see Appendix 1)

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

This photograph is in generally excellent condition. Visible only in raking light in the upper left quadrant are the following: a raised area, likely particles trapped between the print and the mount during dry-mounting; and very small surface scratches. None of these issues detracts from the overall attractive appearance of the print. The bottom left and right corners of the print have minor chips. The mount edges and corners are lightly bumped. On the reverse of the mount, Negative No. "4 - y - (x)", Credit "Pol. Corporation", and "D." are annotated in inks. Above BMFA stamp 10 is a light deposit of liquid soiling of indeterminate nature (oil?). 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. Although the authors' assessment of the use dates of stamps 5 and 6 on the reverse of the print's mount is 1962 to 1963, Adams has dated this print June 1965.
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