(1902-1984)

Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, 1927. From the portfolio "Yosemite Valley".

Gelatin silver print mounted on solid cardboard. Later printed, 1959.

Image 27.9 x 20.7 cm. Mount 46 x 36 cm.

Fully signed below the image. Verso stamped, Set Number 39, from an edition of 208 copies (of which 200 intended for the trade), the present copy without numbering.

Literature: Ansel Adams. An Autobiography, with Mary Street Alinder. London, 1985 (ill. p. 77).


Provenance:
- Acquired on the market several years ago.
- French collection.

"Monolith has led a charmed life... It rests in my vault, still printable, and represents a personally historic moment in my photographic career."
(Adams, Boston 1983, p. 76).