Ansel Adams
1902 - 1984
Portfolio VII
(New York: Parasol Press, 1976, a total edition of 115), a portfolio of 11 gelatin silver prints and one unique Polaroid Type 52/Polapan print, the gelatin silver prints mounted, signed and with sequential numbers and edition "21/115" in pencil on the mount, the portfolio stamp on the reverse, the Polaroid print signed in pencil in the margin, matted, signed and with sequential number and edition "21/115" in pencil on the overmat, the portfolio stamps, with title and date in ink, on the reverse of the mat, each framed, 1932-75, printed in 1976; together with printed title, plate list, colophon, dedication to David Hunter McAlpin, foreword by Adams, and "Important Note." Elephant folio, beige linen clamshell box
"Aspens" (oversized): 22 5/8 by 17 7/8 in. (57.5 by 45.4 cm.)
the remaining 10 gelatin silver prints: approximately 19 1/2 by 15 1/2 in. (49.5 by 39.4 cm.) or the reverse
Polaroid print: 3 1/2 by 4 1/2 in. (8.9 by 11.4 cm.)
frames: the largest 33 1/2 by 37 1/2 in. (85.1 by 95.3 cm.)