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Ansel Adams (1902–1984)
Lot 148

Ansel Adams (1902–1984)

Frozen Lake and Cliffs, Kaweah Gap, Sierra Nevada, California, 1932

Closed5 October 2016

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USD 50,000

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Ansel Adams (1902–1984)
Frozen Lake and Cliffs, Kaweah Gap, Sierra Nevada, California, 1932
gelatin silver print, mounted on original card, printed 1934
signed in pencil (mount, recto); credited on affixed photographer's label [BMFA label 3] and signed, titled and inscribed 'Best Wishes to Della & Herman/ Christmas 1934' in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (18.3 x 24.1 cm.)
mount: 14 x 18 in. (35.5 x 45.7 cm.)

The artist;
gifted by the above to Della and Herman Hoss, Yosemite Valley, California, 1934;
acquired from the above by a private collector;
by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Other prints of this image reside in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.