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Cathedral Peak and Lake, Yosemite National Park, California (From Portfolio Four, What Majestic Word, 5 of 15)
Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984)
Negative date: about 1960; Print date: 1963
Medium/Technique
Photograph, gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 7 x 9 7/16 in.
Mount: 14 x 18 in.
Mount: 14 x 18 in.
Credit Line
The Lane Collection
Accession Number2018.2342.5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
Marks
front lower right
Inscriptionson verso label: Portfolio Four/WHAT MAJESTIC WORD/BY/ANSEL ADAMS/In Memory of Russell Varian/V/CATHEDRAL PEAK AND LAKE/YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA/SET NUMBER 73/ PUBLISHED BY THE SIERRA CLUB/ SAN FRANCISCO, 1 963/ Reproduction rights reserved signed: Ansel Adams
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)