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Date of my Birth, Movie Set, Los Angeles
Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984)
1940
Medium/Technique
Photograph, gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 11.7 x 16.5 cm (4 5/8 x 6 1/2 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 Number2018.2486
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
Signed
mount, l.r., graphite: Ansel Adams
Inscriptionsmount, verso, center, graphite [AA's hand]: "Date of my Birth"/ Ansel Adams/ 1940
mount, verso, center, stamp seven, black ink: PHOTOGRAPH/ BY/ ANSEL ADAMS/ ROUTE 1, BOX 181/ CARMEL, CALIFORNIA/ 93921
mount, verso, center, stamp eight, black ink: TITLE/ CREDIT/ DATE FILM
in stamp eight, black ink [AA's hand]: "Date of Birth"/ Movie Set, Los Angeles, Calif./ 1940
mount, center, verso, black ink [AA's hand]: 5 x 7 Original Print
mount, verso, l.r., graphite: 21
mount, verso, l.l., graphite: 52-S
face mount, verso, l.r., graphite: 21 [circled]
face mount, verso, l.r., graphite: 3
face mount, verso, bottom center, graphite: A
mount, verso, center, stamp seven, black ink: PHOTOGRAPH/ BY/ ANSEL ADAMS/ ROUTE 1, BOX 181/ CARMEL, CALIFORNIA/ 93921
mount, verso, center, stamp eight, black ink: TITLE/ CREDIT/ DATE FILM
in stamp eight, black ink [AA's hand]: "Date of Birth"/ Movie Set, Los Angeles, Calif./ 1940
mount, center, verso, black ink [AA's hand]: 5 x 7 Original Print
mount, verso, l.r., graphite: 21
mount, verso, l.l., graphite: 52-S
face mount, verso, l.r., graphite: 21 [circled]
face mount, verso, l.r., graphite: 3
face mount, verso, bottom center, graphite: A
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)