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Signed recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in graphite: "Ansel Adams"; printed and typed verso, on paper affixed to mount, upper center, in black ink: "A ZEISS-CONTAX / PHOTOGRAPH / BY / ANSEL ADAMS / SAN FRANCISCO [printed] / 17. / HANNES SCHROLL YOSEMITE / (ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPH) [underlined/ typed]"
Dimensions
Image/paper: 18 × 23.2 cm (7 1/8 × 9 3/16 in.); Mount: 35.5 × 45.6 cm (14 × 18 in.)
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