from a Polaroid Type 55 negative, mounted, signed in ink on the mount, Carmel studio stamps (BMFA 5, 6, and 10), titled in ink, on the reverse, 1961, probably printed in 1962-63 (400 Photographs, p. 380; Yosemite: Ansel Adams, p. 47; American Perspectives, pl. 146; Polaroid Land Photography, fig. 4-3, p. 48; Singular Images, pl. 48)

This early print, on paper with a surface sheen, is in generally fair condition. The edges are rubbed, and there are small, intermittent losses at the edges. There is a thin, streak-like deposit in the lower right quadrant. When examined in raking light, there is craquelure visible on the surface. This is not obvious at a normal viewing distance. The mount is heavily sunned, so that the signature has faded and is barely discernible. 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. The authors' assessment of the use dates of stamps 5 and 6 on the reverse of the print's mount is 1962 to 1963. Stamp 10 indicates that the print was made from a Polaroid Type 55 negative.
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