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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1981.17.11
People
Ansel Easton Adams, American (San Francisco, Calif., USA 1902 - 1984 Carmel, Calif., USA)
Title
El Capitan
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras, 1927
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1927
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285366

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
actual: 18 x 14.5 cm (7 1/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: A. Adams
  • inscription: recto of the mount, lower right, graphite, in artist's hand: Ansel Adams
  • stamp: verso of the mount, black ink, stamp: [portfolio stamp]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Malcolm S. Millard in memory of his father, Everett L. Millard, Class of 1898
Copyright
© The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust
Accession Year
1981
Object Number
P1981.17.11
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Ansel Adams: Portfolio Photographs, 1927-1976, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1981 - 06/28/1981

Verification Level

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