a group of 4 unique Polaroid Type 55 prints of Close-Up Studies of Rock Formations, each framed, 3 with Ansel Adams & Edwin Land exhibition labels on the reverse, 1963-72 (4)

Rock Wall Detail and Wavy Boulder:

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

Rock Wall Detail; Wavy Boulder; Rocks (rectangular rock center):

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

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

Rock Detail, Point Lobos, 1972 – inscribed 'Pt. Lobos 1-4-72' and Ansel Adams in an unidentified hand in ink on the reverse. Excellent condition. Scant tape remains on the reverse. Rock Wall Detail, 1963 – shown at 'Embassy Show,' Ansel Adams at Silver Eye, and in Ansel Adams and Edwin Land (see exhibition listing). Excellent condition. Some rust-colored remnant of Polaroid developing agent on the reverse. Wavy Boulder, 1971 -- shown at 'Embassy Show,' Ansel Adams at Silver Eye, and in Ansel Adams and Edwin Land (see exhibition listing). Excellent condition. Rocks (rectangular rock center), 1962 – shown at 'Embassy Show' and in Ansel Adams and Edwin Land (see exhibition listing). This print has a pleasing warm tonality overall. There is a small disturbance to the emulsion in the shadow area to the left of the rectangular rock – this looks as if it has been retouched. It is visible only upon close examination.
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