a group of 3 unique Polaroid Type 52 prints, comprising Boulders and Crevice; Ocean-Worn Rock; and Boulders and Lichen, each framed, the first two with Polaroid Collection and Ansel Adams & Edwin Land exhibition labels and a Polaroid Collection stamp on the reverse, 1975-77 (3)

Boulders and Crevice and Ocean-Worn Rock:

Pittsburgh, Ansel Adams at Silver Eye Center for Photography, November 1999 - January 2000

Quito, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, From the Polaroid Collection: Ansel Adams, sponsored by the Embassy of the United St𝓡ates, October - N𝔉ovember 2001, and traveling to 3 other venues through 2003 (see Appendix 1)

Naples, Florida, Museum of Art, Ansel Adams and Edwin Land: Art, Science and Invention, Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, May - July 2004, and traveling to 8 other🐻 venues through 2007 (see Appendix 1)

The photographs in this lot are generally in excellent condition: Boulders and Crevice, 1977 – when viewed in raking, several uneven areas of oxidation can be seen. Ocean-Worn Rock, circa 1977 – this print has a pleasing slightly warm tonality overall. Boulders and Lichen, 1975 – very faint fingerprint lower right quadrant, visible only in raking light. The number '47' is written in an unidentified hand in black ballpoint pen on the tab in the margin.
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