Ansel Adams

unique Polaroid Type 55 print, inscribed 'A' in red ink in the margin, framed, Polaroid Collection and Ansel Adams & Edwin Land exhibition labels and a Polaroid Collection stamp on the reverse, 1962

Pittsburgh, Ansel Adams at Silver Eye Center for Photography, November 1999 - January 2000

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)

Constance Sullivan, ed., Legacy of Light (New York, 1987), p. 24 (this print)

This print is essentially in excellent condition. When examined very closely in raking light, a faint scratch in the coating is visible in the left sky area – this does not break the emulsion. There is evidence of the rust-colored Polaroid developing agent along the left margin edge, not affecting the image. There are small linen tape and cello tape remains on the reverse.
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