Ansel Adams (1902-1984)

OAK TREE IN SNOW, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA, c.1933. Silver gelatin print, printed c.1950, image/sheet size 23 x 17.5cm, titled by the photographer in red ink verso, with Adams' reproduction limitation stamp, and an additional publicity limitation stamp reading, "Photograph by Ansel Adams from 'My Camera in Yosemite Valley' published by Virginia Adams, Yosemite, and Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston'. This print is for publicity and review purposes only and must not be used for any other purpose. Do not crop print." verso. Additionally numbered and annotated 'R' in red ink and crayon.

Provenance

From the collection of French photographer, curator, and publisher Daniel Masclet (1892-1969), thence by descent.

Literature

Stillman, ed. Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs, 2007. New York/Boston: Little Brown & Co., 2007, p.116.