Ansel Adams
'Mount Lyell and Mount MacClure [sic], Yosemite National Park'
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Ansel Adams
1902 - 1984
'Mount Lyell and Mount MacClure [sic], Yosemite National Park'
gelatin silver print, titled and annotated 'telephotograph' in ink and with a 'Photographed in Yosemite by Ansel Adams' stamp and a Michael and Jeanne Adams collection stamp on the reverse, framed, 1929; accompanied by a certificate of provenance, signed by Michael and Jeanne Adams (2)
image: 6 by 9¼ in. (15.2 by 23.5 cm.)
frame: 18¾ by 20⅞ in. (47.6 by 53 cm.)
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.
This early print, on paper with a semi-glossy surface, is in generally excellent condition. Under close examination, the following are visible: faint silvering; a 1/4-inch linear impression in the lower right quadrant; and minute emulsion chipping, primarily at the upper and right edges.
The following are written in pencil in an unidentified hand on the reverse: 'MJA 0609'; 'A035'; and 'AA/1875.'
When examined under ultraviolet light, this print does not appear to fluoresce.
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By descent to Michael and Jeanne Adams, 1980s
Acquired from the above, 2007
The Art Institute of Chicago, February – June 2002
London, Hayward Gallery, July – September 2002
Berlin, Kunstbibliothek, October 2002 – January 2003
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, February – April 2003
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, July – November 2003