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Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California, 1944
Gelatin silver print, printed 1973-1977
15-1/4 x 18-1/2 inches (38.7 x 47.0 cm) (image/sheet)
Signed in pencil, mount recto. Titled, and dated in ink in photographer's stamp (BMFA 11), mount verso.

LITERATURE:
B. Newhall, The History of Photography from 1839 to the present day, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1964, p. 133;
J. Alinde, Ansel Adams: 1902-1984, The Friends of Photography, Carmel, 1984, p. 16;
A. Adams, Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs, Little, Brown and Co., New York, 1989, p. 66;
A. Hammond, Ansel Adams: Divine Performance, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2002, p. 116;
A. Stillman, Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs, Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2007, p. 261.
A. Stillman, Looking at Ansel Adams: The Photographs and the Man, Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2012, p. 159.


More information about Ansel Adams. See also: Adams, Ansel, Ansel Easton Adams Artist.

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000.

Condition Report*: Overall excellent condition with no visible defects. Sheet is dry mounted to a 22 x 28 inch mat board, not framed.
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