Ansel Adams 'Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National...

Ansel Adams
1902 - 1984
'Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park'

gelatin silver print, mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, inscribed 'For Sam Lazar, Ansel Adams, Carmel' and dated in ink and with the photographer's Carmel studio stamp (BMFA I), with title and dates in ink, on the reverse, framed
image: 19¼ by 14½ in. (48.9 by 36.8 cm.)
frame: 29⅝ by 23½ in. (75.2 by 59.7 cm.)
Executed in 1927, printed in 1979.

Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.

This print is in generally excellent condition. Visible upon close examination, the lower right corner is slightly worn and peeling at the upper paper-ply. A deposit of the photographer's original retouching has shifted slightly blue at the lower edge.

Karen Haas's and Rebecca Senf's book, 'Ansel Adams in the Lane Collection,' publishes the most comprehensive list to date of the studio stamps and labels Adams used throughout his career. Although the author's assessment of the use dates of Stamp I on the reverse of the mount are 1978 - 1984, this stamp has a print date of 1977 written in ink.