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ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, c. 1926
gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed 1973-1977
signed in pencil (mount, recto); titled and dated in ink in photographer's Carmel credit [BMFA 11] (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 1914 x 14 in. (48.8 x 35.5 cm.)
mount: 2414 x 2134 in. (61.5 x 55.2 cm.)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, October 14, 2008, lot 351;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
John Szarkowski, The Portfolios of Ansel Adams, New York Graphic Society, Boston, 1977, Portfolio III, p. 49.
Paul Brooks, Ansel Adams: Yosemite and the Range of Light, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1979, pl. 54.
Ansel Adams, Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1989, p. 2.
Andrea Stillman (ed.), Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs, Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2007, pp. 35 and 414.
Andrea Stillman (ed.), Looking at Ansel Adams: The Photographs and the Man, Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2012, p. 42.
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