Ansel Adams

mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, a Carmel studio stamp, with title and date in ink, on the reverse, 1944, printed in 1978 (400 Photographs, p. 245)

This print is in generally excellent condition. Upon close examination in raking light, the following are visible: a few scattered tiny impressions that do not appear to break the emulsion; two tiny white adhesions, one near the upper left corner of the image and one near the lower edge of the image; and a small, thin scratch at the upper left corner, which appears to break the emulsion. There is a brown deposit on the upper left portion of the mount. Although 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, the Carmel studio stamp on the reverse of the present mount is not reproduced. The stamp, similar to BMFA 11, but with the zip code '93923,' is dated with both the negative and printing dates (in this case, April 1978) in an unidentified hand in ink.
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