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General Sherman Tree, Sequoia National Park, California
Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984)
1938
Medium/Technique
Photograph, gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 23.8 x 18 cm (9 3/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Mount: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
Mount: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
The Lane Collection
Accession Number2018.2414
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
Signed
mount, l.r., graphite: Ansel Adams
Inscriptionsmount, verso, u.l., black ink: L [circled]
mount, verso, u.l., graphite: SEQUOIA/ GIGANTEA
mount, verso, u.l., blue ink: 54 [circled]
mount, verso, center, label four: A/ PHOTOGRAPH/ BY/ ANSEL ADAMS/ SAN FRANCISCO ["San Francisco" crossed out in black ink]
on label four, typed: General Sherman Tree, SEQUOIA NAT. PARK/ 1938
mount, verso, center, stamp five, black ink: PHOTOGRAPH/ BY/ ANSEL ADAMS/ ROUTE 1, BOX 181/ CARMEL, CALIFORNIA
mount, verso, center, stamp six, black ink: TITLE/ NEGATIVE NO./ CREDIT:
in stamp six, black ink [AA's hand]: General Sherman Tree. Sequoia National Park. Calif
mount, verso, center, graphite: 19 [circled]
mount, verso, center, graphite: 1-CAL-27
mount, verso, center, black ink [AA's hand]: "Flemish-Gold" Toner/ (Selenium)
mount, verso, center, black ink [AA's hand]: 8 x 10 Camera
mount, verso, u.r., black ink: #15 [crossed out]
mount, verso, u.r., black ink: #6
mount, verso, l.l., graphite: 166-A
mount, verso, u.l., graphite: SEQUOIA/ GIGANTEA
mount, verso, u.l., blue ink: 54 [circled]
mount, verso, center, label four: A/ PHOTOGRAPH/ BY/ ANSEL ADAMS/ SAN FRANCISCO ["San Francisco" crossed out in black ink]
on label four, typed: General Sherman Tree, SEQUOIA NAT. PARK/ 1938
mount, verso, center, stamp five, black ink: PHOTOGRAPH/ BY/ ANSEL ADAMS/ ROUTE 1, BOX 181/ CARMEL, CALIFORNIA
mount, verso, center, stamp six, black ink: TITLE/ NEGATIVE NO./ CREDIT:
in stamp six, black ink [AA's hand]: General Sherman Tree. Sequoia National Park. Calif
mount, verso, center, graphite: 19 [circled]
mount, verso, center, graphite: 1-CAL-27
mount, verso, center, black ink [AA's hand]: "Flemish-Gold" Toner/ (Selenium)
mount, verso, center, black ink [AA's hand]: 8 x 10 Camera
mount, verso, u.r., black ink: #15 [crossed out]
mount, verso, u.r., black ink: #6
mount, verso, l.l., graphite: 166-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)