The White Tombstone, San Francisco, California
1934, printed before 1952
Artist, American, 1902 - 1984
Ansel Adams
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 22.3 x 17 cm (8 3/4 x 6 11/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1999.129.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
David McAlpin, New York, NY, 1936; (Witkin Gallery, New York, NY); Private collection, before 1999; purchased with donated funds from Joyce and Robert Menschel by NGA, 1999.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1988
Ansel Adams: Letters and Images, 1916-1984. Boston and Toronto, 1988: 84-85, illus. p. 85.
Inscriptions
all on mount: lower right in graphite: Ansel Adams (underlined); upper center verso stamped in black ink: artist's stamp with graphite addition: 54 / artist's stamp with black ink additions: The White Tombstone / San Francisco, Calif / 1934 / First Shown at Alfred Stieglitz' / An American Place, N.Y. 1936; lower left verso in graphite: 14 [crossed out]-C; lower right verso in graphite: 52.1062
Wikidata ID
Q64144942