Ansel Adams

mounted on Crescent board, signed by the photographer in ink on the mount, his Carmel studio stamps (BMFA 5 and 6), titled and annotated by the photographer in ink, on the reverse, matted, 1960, printed no later than 1963 (Morgan & Morgan, pl. 92)

This early print, on paper with a slight surface sheen, is in generally fair to good condition. There is wear at the edges, and the corners are bumped. As a result, there is tiny chipping at the edges and the corners. When examined in raking light, the following are visible: small deposits of original retouching; faint, age-appropriate silvering at the periphery; a swipe mark (as if someone tried to dust the surface) in the upper left quadrant; faint, barely noticeable scratches in the upper portion and at the lower left. The cream-colored mount, trimmed to within one and 1 1/2 inches of the print, is sunned. There are small, faint rust-colored deposits of indeterminate nature at the upper right side and corner, and at the lower left, on the front. The annotation on the reverse of the print on the studio stamp reads: 'From a Polaroid SS P/N negative.' 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 stamps 5 and 6 on the reverse of this print: 1962-1963.
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