Ansel Adams

mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, a Carmel studio stamp (BMFA 11), title and date in ink, on the reverse, 1942, likely printed no later than circa 1973 (This Side of Paradise, p. 144)

Acquired directly from the photographer, circa 1973

This print is in generally excellent condition. The mount is slightly bowed. Although circa 1940 is the date written on the stamp on the reverse of this print, we prefer to use the date of the image as it is listed in 'This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in Los Angeles Photographs' by Jennifer Watts, Claudia Bohn-Spector, and Douglas R. Nickel. The print used for reproduction in the book is from the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, where the Ansel Adams archives reside. 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. Although the authors' assessment of the use dates of stamp 11 on the reverse of the print's mount is 1973 to 1977, this print was given by Adams to the present owner in circa 1973.
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