Tree Detail, Sierra Nevada

Description

Ansel Adams
1902-1984
1936 | Printed 1936-1040
Vintage gelatin silver print signed by Virginia Best Adams in pencil and a Michael and Jeanne collection stamp on the reverse. SFMoMA loan labels on reverse.
Image Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
Frame Size: 15 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches
Location: AAP ~ Unique ID 526

Condition Report

This print, mounted to slick board, is in generally excellent condition. There is a faint patina of age-appropriate silvering overall. Scattered deposits of original retouching are visible in raking light. There is an approximately 1/2-inch area of emulsion loss along the right edge. The photograph is mounted nearly flush to the edges. The extremities and corners are worn, and there are minor abrasions along the left and right edges. 'AA/1618' is written in pencil in an unidentified hand on the reverse. When examined under ultraviolet light, this print does not appear to fluoresce.

Provenance

Purchased through Sotheby's "A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Photographs," Lot 64; Michael and Jeanne Adams,2006; Collection of Virginia Best Adams by descent.

Literature

Ansel Adams (1972), pl. 55; An American Place (1982), pl. 36; 400 Photographs (2007), p. 120; Ansel Adams at 100 (2001), pl. 43 (this print)

Exhibition History

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Ansel Adams at 100, August 2001 – January 2002, and traveling thereafter to: The Art Institute of Chicago, February – June 2002; London, Hayward Gallery, July – September 2002; Berlin, Kunstbibliothek, October 2002 – January 2003; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, February – April 2003; New York, The Museum of Modern Art, July – November 2003