Polaroid Type 55 print, inscribed 'Copy,' possibly by the photographer, in ink on the reverse, framed, a Polaroid Collection and Ansel Adams & Edwin Land exhibition labels and a Polaroid Collection stamp on the reverse, 1968 (Singular Images, p. 43; 400 Photographs, p. 404)

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 Un𓄧ited 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 2007 (see Appendix 1)

This photograph is in near excellent condition. There is a soft handling crease in the top-center portion of the image that does not break the emulsion and is only visible in raking light. Some rust-colored remnant of the developing agent is visible upon the left edge of the reverse. The annotation 'Copy' on the reverse of print is somewhat ambiguous. It could indicate that the present Polaroid print is a copy of an original print. Or it could indicate that this print was to be copied. Regardless, the image is filled with detail and nuance.
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