Ansel Adams

Parmelian print, signed 'A. E. Adams' and numbered '371' by the photographer in pencil in the margin, 1927; in the original vellum wrappers, printed with 'Parmelian Print by Ansel Easton Adams' on the front wrapper and 'This Parmelian Print by Ansel Easton Adams of San Francisco is no. __,' numbered '371' by the photographer in pencil, on the rear wrapper 

Acquired from the photographer, 1940s

Other prints of this image:

Ansel Adams (Morgan & Morgan, 1972), pl. 8

Nancy Newhall, Ansel Adams: The Eloquent Light, Photographs 1923-1963 (Sierra Club, 1963), dust jacket and p. 45

Karen E. Quinn and Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Ansel Adams: The Early Years (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1991, in conjunction with the exhibition), pl. 6

Ansel Adams with Mary Street Alinder, Ansel Adams: An Autobiography (Boston, 1985), p. 75

Karen E. Haas and Rebecca A. Senf, Ansel Adams in the Lane Collection (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2005, in conjunction with the exhibition), pl. 5

James Alinder and John Szarkowski, Ansel Adams: Classic Images (Boston, 1985), pl. 2

Therese Thau Heyman, ed., Seeing Straight: The f.64 Revolution in Photography (The Oakland Museum, 1992, in conjunction with the exhibition), p. 44

Mary Street Alinder, Ansel Adams: A Biography (New York, 1996), facing p. 106

Ansel Adams, Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs (Boston, 1983), p. 2

This photograph, with the rich warm tones and deep blacks typical of Adams's Parmelian prints, is in excellent condition. It has been kept in its original wrappers since it was acquired from the photographer in the 1940s, and it looks pristine. The original wrappers, too, are unblemished. Due to its exceptional condition and its fragility, this photograph will not be shown on the exhibition floor during our pre-sale viewing, but is available to be seen in the Sotheby's Photographs Department, under the supervision of a department staff member.
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