Wood Detail, Sierra Nevada, 1936, printed between 1962 and 1963

  • Ansel Adams, American, 1902-1984

Gelatin silver print

  • Image: 10 1/8 × 13 inches (25.7 × 33 cm) Mount: 14 × 18 inches (35.6 × 45.7 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Director's Discretionary Fund

68.184

Signed in black pen and ink, on mount, lower right: Ansel Adams.

In black ink, stamped, on verso of mount, upper right: PHOTOGRAPH | BY | ANSEL ADAMS | ROUTE 1, BOX 181 | CARMEL, CALIFORNIA | TITLE Wood Detail - Sierra Nevada [handwritten and underscored] | NEGATIVE NO. 5-C-126 [handwritten and underscored] | CREDIT .

1968, (Carl Siembab Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1968-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

De Cock, Liliane, ed. Ansel Adams. New York, 1972, p. 55 (ill.).

Ansel Adams, Wood Detail, Sierra Nevada, 1936, printed between 1962 and 1963, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Director's Discretionary Fund, 68.184.