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Manly Beacon, Death Valley National Monument, California
Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984)
about 1948
Medium/Technique
Photograph, gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 18.9 x 24 cm (7 7/16 x 9 7/16 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 Number2018.2571
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
Signed
mount, l.r., graphite: Ansel Adams
Inscriptionsmount, verso, center, stamp five, black ink: PHOTOGRAPH/ BY/ ANSEL ADAMS/ ROUTE 1, BOX 181/ CARMEL, CALIFORNIA
mount, verso, center, stamp four, black ink: PHOTOGRAPH/ BY/ ANSEL ADAMS/ 131-24TH AVENUE/ SAN FRANCISCO/ NEG. NO. [address crossed out in black ink and "NEG." crossed out in red ink]
in stamp four, red ink: 27
mount, verso, center, red ink [AA's hand]: Manly Beacon/ Death Valley
mount, verso, center, black ink [AA's hand]: CA/ 1944
mount, verso, l.l., graphite: 360-B
face mount, verso, l.l., graphite: 16
mount, verso, center, stamp four, black ink: PHOTOGRAPH/ BY/ ANSEL ADAMS/ 131-24TH AVENUE/ SAN FRANCISCO/ NEG. NO. [address crossed out in black ink and "NEG." crossed out in red ink]
in stamp four, red ink: 27
mount, verso, center, red ink [AA's hand]: Manly Beacon/ Death Valley
mount, verso, center, black ink [AA's hand]: CA/ 1944
mount, verso, l.l., graphite: 360-B
face mount, verso, l.l., graphite: 16
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)