Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point, Winter

Print Notes

Only six prints of this image were produced for the Bank Mural project. Based on the existence of two other murals of the same image (sold at Bonham & Butterfields in 2008, and now in the Arrington Collection), it seems likely that the image was printed for multiple locations of the American Trust Company or other clients. The image was also used as a wraparound illustration for the Hills Brothers coffee can in 1969-70.

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Description

Ansel Adams
1902-1984
c. 1940 | Printed 1950s
Bank Mural, sepia-toned gelatin silver print.
Image Size: 72 1/2 x 96 inches
Frame Size: 6 x 8 feet
Location: AAP ~ Unique ID 9

Condition Report

Photograph has been cleaned and restored by The Better Image, New York.

Provenance

Printed by Moulin Studios for the American Trust Company (later Wells Fargo), San Francisco, in the late 1950s; discarded by American Trust in 1972 when the bank building on Montgomery Street was demolished; acquired by private dealer(s); sold at Sotheby's New York, October 9, 1999, Lot 154, to a private collector; purchased at Sotheby's New York, April 3, 2016, Sale 9487, Lot 10.

Exhibition History

Loaned to High Museum of Art for Rural Modern: Art Beyond the City, February 12 - May 7, 2017.