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ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Rock Detail, Marin County, California, and Metamorphic Rock, c.1960s
two unique Polaroid Type 50-series prints
one inscribed in ink (margin); titled in ink, dated and annotated in stamped photographer's 'Polaroid Land Photograph by Ansel Adams' and handling instructions stamp (verso); stamped with Polaroid Collection stamp (frame backing board); each with Ansel Adams & Edwin Land exhibition label (frame backing board)
each image: 312 x 412 in. (8.9 x 11.4 cm.)
each sheet: 414 x 712 in. (11.4 x 19.5 cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, June 21, 2010, lot 343;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Pittsburgh, Ansel Adams at Silver Eye Center for Photography, November 1999 - January 2000
Quito, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, From the Polaroid Collection: Ansel Adams, sponsored by the Embassy of the United States, October - November 2001, and traveling to 3 other venues through 2003 (see Appendix 1)
Naples, Florida, Museum of Art, Ansel Adams & Edwin Land: Art, Science and Invention, Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, May - July 2004, and traveling to 8 other venues through 2007 (see Appendix 1)
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