ANSEL ADAMS | Winter, Yosemite Valley, California, 1933

vintage silver print flush-mounted to original cardboardsigned in pencil on the mount, on the reverse, titled and numbered 18 in pencil and the photographer's San Francisco label 3 (used from 1930 to 1935) adheredmatted and framed

Delphic Studio, New York, 1933
Private collection, New York
Sotheby's New York, Photographs, April 23, 1994, lot 143
Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zurich

Delphic Studio, New York, 1933

Curry, Kathy, Esther Adler, et Museum of modern art. American Modern :  Hopper to O'Keeffe   [Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York, August 17, 2013 - January 26, 2014]. 1 vol. New York: the Museum of modern art, 2013.
New York. An American Place. "William Einstein and Ansel Adams," October 1, 1936–November 1, 1936.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Thirty Photographers: A Selection from the Museum's Collection," April 12, 1969–June 1, 1969.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Collection of Alfred Stieglitz," May 18, 1978–July 16, 1978.

This print is in overall excellent condition. A very small pressure point (>2mm) near right edge and a stain (5mm) near left edge, both only visible under raking light ant not disturbing the image. A vertical soft fold along left edge of card, not affecting image. A beautiful deep tones print.
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This print was part of Ansel Adams' first solo exhibition at the Delphic Studio in 1933 in New York. The record list sent by Ansel Adams to the gallery is listing a print numbered with the same number 18 and titled as on the reverse of the mount. The letters between Alma Reed, Director of the Delphic Studio and Ansel Adams highlight that every prints was mounted and titled by Ansel Adams. This specific print was one of the first ones sold at the exhibition.

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