Lot 61
  • 61

Ansel Adams

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ansel Adams
  • 'el capitan' (merced river, yosemite national park, california)
mounted, signed by the photographer in pencil on the mount, the 'Special Edition of Fine Prints, Photographs of Yosemite' stamp, the series number '3,' and titled by the photographer in ink on the reverse, matted, 1952, printed later, no. 478 in an unspecified edition (Yosemite: Ansel Adams, p. 27; 400 Photographs, p. 348; Photography's Multiple Roles, p. 170)

Condition

This photograph is in generally excellent condition. In raking light, there is a pinpoint-sized indentation in the upper left quadrant which breaks the emulsion. There is light soiling on both sides of the mount. There is a 1/8-inch band of sunning around the periphery of the image. There is minor age-darkening on the bottom of the mount and at the edges on the reverse. Additionally on the mount's reverse, there are adhesive remains at the top and bottom edges as well as light foxing in the lower right quadrant.
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