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, circa 1937, printed circa 1978 

Ansel Adams (Morgan & Morgan, 1972), pl. 71

John Szarkowski, The Portfolios of Ansel Adams (Boston, 1977), p. 49

Ansel Adams: Yosemite and the Range of Light (Boston, 1979), cover

Ansel Adams, Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs (Boston, 1983), p. 102

James Alinder and John Szarkowski, Ansel Adams: Classic Images (Boston, 1985), pl. 46

Andrea G. Stillman, ed., Yosemite: Ansel Adams (Boston, 1995), pl. 1

John Szarkowski, Ansel Adams at 100 (Boston, 2001), p. 89

Andrea G. Stillman, Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs (Boston, 2007), p. 123

This print is in generally excellent condition. Scattered deposits of original retouching are visible in raking light. 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 through 1977. The specific print date for the gelatin silver print was confirmed by Andrea Stillman, who worked closely with Adams during the 1970s.
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