Ansel Adams
Surf Sequence #2

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Artist Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984)American, 1902–1984

CultureAmerican

Titles

Surf Sequence #2

Date1940, printed before mid-1960s

PlaceUnited States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 3/8 × 13 1/4 in. (26.4 × 33.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/8 × 13 1/4 in. (26.4 × 33.7 cm)
Mount: 14 × 18 in. (35.6 × 45.7 cm)

Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection

Object number91.340

Not on view

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Photography

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Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Tradition and the Unpredictable: The Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 16-March 27, 1994.

"Pacific Views," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 1–May 23, 2004.

"Passionate Vision: Celebrating the Life and Photographic Work of Beaumont Newhall," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 15-May 4, 2008.

"Optical/Perceptual: Photographs from the Allan Chasanoff Collection," Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, October 6, 2008–January 4, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto of mount in pencil, LR corner:
3000-
Verso of original mount stamped in black ink with writing in black ink
(parentheses below), center:
PHOTOGRAPH
BY
Ansel Adams
Route 1, Box 181
Carmel, California
93921
TITLE: (from Surf Sequence #2)
Credit:_______________________
Date:_____________ Film:_______

Verso of original mount typed in black (parentheses below) on white adhesive label printed with black lettering, UL corner:
Carl Siembab Gallery of Photography
162 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass 02116
(Artist : Ansel Adams
Medium: Original Photograph
Title: Surf Sequence #2, ca. 1950)

SBTA, Recto of original mount in black ink below LR corner of image/sheet:
Ansel Adams

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