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Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California (Primary Title)

Ansel Adams, American, 1902–1984 (Artist)

1927
American
Photographs
Works On Paper
Gelatin silver print
Photography
Sheet: 11 13/16 × 9 13/16 in. (30 × 24.92 cm)
Image: 7 15/16 × 5 7/8 in. (20.16 × 14.92 cm)
2018.599
Not on view
Signed in graphite in lower margin: "A.E. Adams 370 in lower margin".
Original presentation envelope which the folder and print were incased in has title inscribed by the photographer in graphite in upper left corner recto: “Monolith”. Original folder has printed Artist’s credit and Artist's letterpress monogram on recto: “Parmelian Print/ by Ansel Easton Adams”. Titled by the Photographer in graphite on inside rear of original folder: “Monolith”. Letterpress with inscription on folder verso: “This Parmelian Print/ by Ansel Easton Adams of/ San Francisco is no." '370' [inscribed in graphite]. Numbered and signed in graphite on print below image: “370 Ansel Adams”.
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
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