a group of 3 unique Polaroid prints, comprising The Tetons and Split Rail Fence; The Tetons, Meadow and Fog; and The Snake River and The Tetons, the first and second inscribed with technical data in ink in the margin or on the reverse, each framed, the last with Polaroid Collection and Ansel Adams & Edwin Land exhibition labels and a Polaroid Collection stamp on the reverse, circa 1965 (3)

The Snake River and The Tetons:

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 ꦕthe Embassy of the United States, October - November 2001, and traveling 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 venues through 2ꦐ007 (see Appendix 1)

 

The Snake River and the Tetons:

Ansel Adams, Polaroid Land Photography (Boston, 1978), p.&n🍨bsp;56 (likely this print)

Constance Sullivan, ed., Legacy of Light (New York, 1987), p. 22 (this print)

The Tetons and Split Rail Fence, circa 1965 (Type 52) – the image is in essentially excellent condition. In raking light, a faint fingerprint can be seen in the image to the left of center. A circular hole has been punched in the right margin, not affecting the image. Adams's technical information is written on the reverse. The Tetons, Meadow and Fog, circa 1965 (Type 52) – This print is in essentially excellent condition. Adams's notations are written in the far right margin. Snake River and Tetons, 1965 (Type 55) – This print is in essentially excellent condition. There is a small white spot in the lower left quadrant that appears to be a loss of emulsion – although close examination reveals that this small loss occurred prior to Adams's coating of the print.
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