Tree Detail (a.k.a. Stump with Birdwing Shape)

Description

Ansel Adams
1902-1984
1936
Vintage gelatin silver print signed in pencil on the mount, a Michael and Jeanne Adams collection stamp on the reverse, framed, Museum of Modern Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art loan labels on the reverse, 1936.
Image Size: 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches
Frame Size: 15 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches
Location: AAP ~ Unique ID 528

Condition Report

This richly detailed early print, mounted to slick board, is in generally excellent condition. Visible only in raking light are tiny deposits of original retouching and a subtle scuff in the lower left corner. 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 65; Michael and Jeanne Adams,2006; Collection of Virginia Best Adams by descent.

Literature

Ansel at Adams at 100 (2001), pl. 42 (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