ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984) Boards and Thistles * Gerry Sharpe * Weathered Oil Drum, Yosemite Valley. Together, 3 photographs from Portfolio VII. Silver prints (2), the images each measuring approximately 19 1/4x14 1/2 inches (48.9x36.8 cm.), the mounts 29 3/4x23 inches (75.6x58.4 cm.), each with Adams' signature and the portfolio notations, including the print number and edition notation 76/115, in pencil, on mount recto, and with the Portfolio hand stamp, which includes the title and dates, on mount verso; the third an original Polaroid Type 52/Polapan Land Photograph, the image measuring 3 3/8x4 3/8 inches (8.6x11.1 cm.), the sheet slightly larger and enclosed in a double mat, with Adams' signature and the Portfolio notations, in pencil, on the smaller overmat, and with the Portfolio hand stamp on the larger mat verso. 1932, 1958; printed 1976; 1976
