Ansel Adams (1902-1984)
The Teton Range and Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942

Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1974, signed in pencil on the mount; titled in ink and 'Carmel' credit stamp on the mount verso.

image: 15 3/8 x 19 1/8in. (38 x 48.4cm.) mount: 22 x 28in. (55.9 x 71cm.)

Provenance:

From Ansel Adams;

to an Important Private Collection, Pennsylvania, acquired 1974

Literature:

Adams & Newhall, This is the American Earth, Little, Brown & Co., 1960, p. 15;

Alinder & Szarkowski, Ansel Adams: Classic Images, Little, Brown & Co., 1986, pl. 35;

Adams & Alinder, An Autobiography, Little, Brown & Co., 1986, p. 192;

Alinder, Ansel Adams: Letters and Images, 1916-1984, Graphic Society/Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1988, p. 331;

Stillman (ed.), Ansel Adams, 400 Photographs, Little, Brown & Co., 2007, p. 205 and cover;

Stillman (ed.), Ansel Adams In The National Parks, Little, Brown & Co., 2010, p. 203

Neutral toned print on semi-gloss paper trimmed to edges and mounted on archival board. A beautiful print, in excellent condition. Sold framed.

Frame dims: 24 x 30in. Glazed with Plexiglas.

Framed dims: 25 x 31 inches.

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Photographs, including an Important Collection of Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams (1902-1984)
The Teton Range and Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942

Photographs, including an Important Collection of Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams (1902-1984)The Teton Range and Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942

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Ansel Adams (1902-1984)
The Teton Range and Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942