Artist
Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984)American, 1902–1984
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Cottonwood Trunks, Yosemite Valley, California
Date1932
Place depictedCalifornia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 13/16 × 6 1/4 in. (22.4 × 15.9 cm)
Sheet: 8 13/16 × 6 1/4 in. (22.4 × 15.9 cm)
Mount: 19 × 14 in. (48.3 × 35.6 cm)
Sheet: 8 13/16 × 6 1/4 in. (22.4 × 15.9 cm)
Mount: 19 × 14 in. (48.3 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.519
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Lunn Ltd. on 7/14/1988.
Exhibition History"Ansel Adams" An American Place, New York, 1936; Museum of Modern Art, New York , 1982 (recreation of the 1936 exhibition);
"American Vision: Photographers from the West, Selections from the Manfred Heiting Collection purchased by the Brown Foundation for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from August 23-February 1, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black, verso of mount, upper right: "In Yosemite Valley"
Inscribed in black, verso of mount, upper left: "For Robin and Una Jeffery / November 1932 / [signature]"
Inscribed in black, verso of mount, upper left: "For Robin and Una Jeffery / November 1932 / [signature]"
Signed in black, verso of mount, following an inscription: "Ansel Adams" and very lightly in pencil, recto of mount, beneath lower right of image/sheet.
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