Ansel Adams

mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, a Carmel studio stamp (BMFA 11), title and date in ink, and a 'Display Print' stamp on the reverse, framed, an Ansel Adams & Edwin Land exhibition label and a Polaroid Collection stamp on the reverse, 1958, probably printed between 1973 and 1977 (400 Photographs, cover and p. 375)

The photographer to the Polaroid Corporation

Sotheby's New York, Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, 22 June 2010, Sale 8649, Lot 299

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

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

This print is in generally excellent condition. On the reverse of the mount, rust-colored fingerprints and soiling are visible throughout. 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 stamps 11 on the reverse of the print's mount is 1973 to 1977.
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