Untitled [Two skiers on Mt. Watkins] (Primary Title)

Ansel Adams, American, 1902–1984 (Artist)

ca. 1930
American
Photographs
Works On Paper
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 11 13/16 in. (24.77 × 30 cm)
Image: 5 13/16 × 7 15/16 in. (14.76 × 20.16 cm)
2018.592
Not on view
Signed in graphite in lower right below image: "Ansel E. Adams".
Typed paper label with detailed caption affixed to print verso: “The Summit of Mt. Watkins is one of/ the finest ski areas on the rim of/ Yosemite Valley. Here one may ski/ over fast open snow-slopes with a/ tremendous panorama constantly before/ directly across Tenaya Canyon. From/ this lofty crest it is possible with/ the aid of binoculars to see 4,000/ feet below on the floor of Yosemite/ Valley the spacious ice rink, dotted with skaters.”
Negative number or series number inscribed on verso in graphite: "Ski 57A".
Gift of Andrea Gray Stillman
Ansel Adams, Compositions in Nature, Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, October 29, 2022 - March 5, 2023
© artist or artist estate

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