Ansel Adams

mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, a Carmel studio stamp (BMFA 11), with title and date in in ink, on the reverse, 1932, probably printed between 1973 and 1977 (400 Photographs, p. 93)

Sotheby's New York, 2 October 1996, Sale 6888, Lot 324

This print, on paper with a surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. The tip of the upper right corner is slightly lifting from the mount. The mount has what appears to be pervasive, pale rust-colored foxing, on the front and back of the mount. This does not appear to have affected the print. 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 the mount: 1973 to 1977.
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