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From Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Monument, California
Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984)
1941
Medium/Technique
Photograph, gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 19.3 x 24.4 cm (7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Mount: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Framed: 38.4 x 48.6 x 4.1 cm (15 1/8 x 19 1/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Mount: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Framed: 38.4 x 48.6 x 4.1 cm (15 1/8 x 19 1/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Lane Collection
Accession Number2018.2515
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
Signed
mount, l.r., graphite: Ansel Adams
Inscriptionsmount, verso, u.l., blue ink: 10 [circled]
mount, verso, center, stamp five, black ink: PHOTOGRAPH/ BY/ ANSEL ADAMS/ ROUTE 1, BOX 181/ CARMEL, CALIFORNIA
mount, verso, center, black ink [AA's hand]: From Zabriski [sic] Point/ Death Valley National Monument/ San Francisco/ Ansel Adams
mount, verso, center, black ink [AA's hand]: 1935/ CA/ 8 x 10/ camera
mount, verso, center, blue ink: 34 [in box, crossed out in graphite]
mount, verso, center, black ink [AA's hand]: Print about/ 1940
mount, verso, center, graphite: 30 [circled]
mount, verso, l.l., graphite: 7 [circled]
face mount, verso, l.r., graphite: 2
face mount, verso, l.l., graphite: 38 H ["H" in box]
mount, verso, center, stamp five, black ink: PHOTOGRAPH/ BY/ ANSEL ADAMS/ ROUTE 1, BOX 181/ CARMEL, CALIFORNIA
mount, verso, center, black ink [AA's hand]: From Zabriski [sic] Point/ Death Valley National Monument/ San Francisco/ Ansel Adams
mount, verso, center, black ink [AA's hand]: 1935/ CA/ 8 x 10/ camera
mount, verso, center, blue ink: 34 [in box, crossed out in graphite]
mount, verso, center, black ink [AA's hand]: Print about/ 1940
mount, verso, center, graphite: 30 [circled]
mount, verso, l.l., graphite: 7 [circled]
face mount, verso, l.r., graphite: 2
face mount, verso, l.l., graphite: 38 H ["H" in box]
ProvenanceBetween 1967 and 1973, sold by the artist to William H. Lane (b. 1914 - d. 1995) and Saundra B. Lane, Lunenburg, MA; 2018, gift of Saundra B. Lane to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 26, 2018)