Ansel Adams

mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, a Carmel studio stamp (BMFA 11), with title and notations in ink, on the reverse, framed, 1948, probably printed between 1973 and 1977 (400 Photographs, p. 233; Morgan & Morgan, pl. 47; Classic Images, p. 54; Examples, p. 74; Ansel Adams at 100, pl. 110; Portfolio I, pl. 1)

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)

This photograph is in generally excellent condition. The photograph has recently undergone conservation, primarily to clean the print and in-paint tiny emulsion losses. This conservation was successful and a treatment report is available upon request. Visible in raking light are various deposits of retouching. 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 stamp 11 on the reverse of this print: 1973 to 1977. The Carmel studio stamp on the reverse of the present print is annotated 'NOT FOR SALE.'
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