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Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Nevada Fall, Yosemite National Park, California, circa 1930
Gelatin silver print, printed before 1936
9-1/4 x 7-3/8 inches (23.5 x 18.7 cm) (image/sheet)
Signed in pencil, mount recto. Label of authenticity from the Ansel Adams Gallery affixed to mount verso.

This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity to match the label on the mount verso.

LITERATURE:
A. & V. Adams, Illustrated Guide to Yosemite, Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1963, n.p;
Ansel Adams, Yosemite and the Range of Light, Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 1979, pl. 102;
A. Stillman, Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs, Little, Brown and Co., New York, 2007, p. 284;
A. Stillman (ed.), Ansel Adams In The National Parks, Little, Brown and Co., New York, 2010, pl. 102.


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

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

Condition Report*: Overall very good condition considering age of print. Minor toning to the sheet and mount, notable under UV inspection. A few minor indentations to the left edge and bottom right quadrant of the image, visible under closer inspection in raking light. Sheet is dry mounted to a 12-1/2 x 10-1/4 inch board. Mount bears adhesive remnants along the recto, not visible through window mat. Cornered to a window mat and framed under acrylic to 20-1/2 x 16 inches.
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