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ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984) Milestone Mountain. Parmelian print, the image measuring 7 1/4x5 3/4 inches (18.4x14.6 cm.), the sheet 12x10 inches (30.5x25.4 cm.), with Adams' signature and edition notation 309 in pencil on recto; accompanied by the original folder with Adams' printed credit on the cover, his title in pencil inside, and his printed credit and edition notation in pencil on verso. Circa 1928
Provenance: The Collection of Alma Lavenson; Gift from Albert Bender, a close friend and patron of Ansel Adams; by descent to Lavenson's grandchildren
Albert Bender's patronage of the arts and education was one of the most important contributions that shaped the development of San Francisco's cultural life from the 1910s through the 1930s. Bender had been a patron of Ansel Adams since they met in 1926, when Bender was 60 and Adams only 24. Not only was Bender a patron of Adams, but they also became close friends as documented though numerous letters in the Ansel Adams papers at the Center for Creative Photography and in the Bender papers at Mills College.
