ANSEL ADAMS, Portfolio One: Twelve Photographic Pr

Portfolio One: Twelve Photographic Prints
San Francisco: Self-published, 1948. Twelve gelatin silver prints. Varying sizes from 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (12.1 x 16.5 cm) to 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (19.1 x 24.1 cm) or the reverse. Each signed by the artist and sequentially numbered 1-12 in an unidentified hand in pencil on the mount; each numbered '37', sequentially numbered 1-12 in an unidentified hand ink and portfolio credit reproduction limitation stamp on the reverse of the mount. Number 37 from an edition of 75. Colophon. Title Page. Signed introduction. Contained in a folio case with printed credit, title and date.

PROVENANCE The Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa
LITERATURE Alinder & Szarkowski, Ansel Adams: Classic Images, pls. 20, 45, 53 and 54; Little, Brown & Company, The Portfolios of Ansel Adams, cover and pls. 1-12; Szarkowski, Ansel Adams at 100, pls. 53, 69, 109 and 110

Titles include Mount McKinley, Alaska, 1948; Saguaro Cactus, Sunrise, Arizona, 1946; Rapids Below Vernal Fall, Yosemite Valley, 1948; Mormon Temple, Manti, Utah, 1948; Vine and Rock, Island of Hawaii, T.H., 1948; Refugio Beach, California, 1946; The White Church, Hornitos, California, 1946; Roots, Foster Gardens, Honolulu, T.H., 1948; Oak Tree, Snow Storm, Yosemite, 1948; Trailside, Near Juneau, Alaska, 1948; Alfred Stieglitz, An American Place, New York, 1938; Clouds Above Golden Canyon, Death Valley, California, 1946