Latch and Chain, Mineral King, California

Print Notes

Another early print of this image is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Mineral King is a glacial valley located in the southern part of Sequoia National Park. The name Mineral King also refers to the historic mining camps and towns in and near the valley.

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Description

Ansel Adams
1902-1984
1927 | Printed c. 1927
Vintage gelatin silver print mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, the photographer's Carmel studio stamp, with title, date and annotation 'Remounted 4/4/80' in ink, on the reverse, came framed. 'AA/1753' written in pencil in unidentified hand on reverse.
Image Size: 9 x 6 5/8 inches
Frame Size: 23 x 19 inches
Location: AAP ~ Unique ID 441

Condition Report

This print is in generally excellent condition. Under close examination are the following: faint silvering, some deposits of original retouching, including a linear area along the left edge, and a tiny impression near the center left edge.

Provenance

The photographer to Patricia English, his assistant with Swann Galleries, New York, 19 October 2006, Sale 2089, Lot 133, with Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, as agent purchased through Sotheby's at A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Masterworks (Lot 12).

Literature

Andrea Gray, Ansel Adams: An American Place, 1936 (Tucson, 1982), cover and pl. 1

Exhibition History

Lubbock, Texas Tech University, Ansel Adams: American Master, Selections from the David H. Arrington Collection, August 2015 – January 2016; Dallas, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Ansel Adams: Eloquent Light, March – July 2016