Live Auction 3457The Range of Light: Photographs by Ansel Adams
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Lot 14

ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California, 1944

Closed3 April 2014

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USD 40,000

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ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California, 1944
gelatin silver print, printed before 1955
signed in ink (on the mount); negative notation '1-S-14' in ink and San Francisco credit stamp (on the reverse of the mount)
image/sheet: 9½ x 13½
mount: 14 x 18in. (35.5 x 45.7cm.)

Specialist note

The letters 'LP' (Lone Pine) are still faintly visible in the hillside of this early print. Adams spotted them out initially as he found them intrusive, but this exercise was time-consuming and often only partially successful. The problem was finally resolved in 1976 when Alan Ross, then Adams' assistant, had the bold idea (without seeking Ansel's prior permission but with his subsequent approval) to etch out the offending initials on the negative.

Please see lot 6 for an exceptionally large mural version of the image.