Ansel Adams

mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, flush-mounted to foamcore, 'Polaroid Corporate Archives' and Ansel Adams & Edwin Land exhibition labels on the reverse, 1960, probably printed in the 1970s (400 Photographs, p. 379; Yosemite and the Range of Light, pl. 115; Yosemite: Ansel Adams, pl. 55; Classic Images, cover and pl. 74; Examples, p. 132; Illustrated Guide to Yosemite, page 6)

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 traveling to 8 other venues through 2007 (see Appendix 1)

This photograph is in generally excellent condition. There is very minor edge chipping along the left edge of the print. In the upper right quadrant, a small raised area, likely a particle trapped between the print and the mount during dry-mounting, is visible in raking light. The mount is partially overmatted along its top edge. Although the 'Ansel Adams & Edwin Land' exhibition label on the reverse states that this image was made with Polaroid Type 55 film, Adams discusses making this picture with a Hasselblad camera in his volume 'Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs.'
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