Ansel Adams

mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, the photographer's Carmel studio stamp (BMFA 11), with title and date in ink, on the reverse, 1947, printed no later than 1974 (400 Photographs, p. 233)

Acquired from the photographer, 1974

This print is in generally excellent condition. In high raking light, small, faint scratches in the center portion of the image and a few, scattered small soft impressions are visible. There are a few tiny chips with attendant small losses of emulsion at the print edges and corners. 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. The authors' assessment of the use dates of stamp 11 on the reverse of the print's mount is 1973 to 1977. This photograph was acquired from Adams in 1974. This photograph previously underwent conservation. Due to foxing on the mount, the print was removed from its original mount and "Remount[ed] to another white, acid-free ragboard (the highest quality four-ply having the same tone as the original) using an archival dry mount tissue" (proposal treatment from Aitchison and Watters, Inc., to Ansel Adams, dated 16 May 1983). The new mount was then signed and stamped by Adams.
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