Ansel Adams Fern Spring - Dusk Gelatin Silver Print!! Gift to Wallace Stegner from Ansel Adams Start Price USD 3,500.00 Current Price USD 3,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, August 30, 2008 End Time Saturday, September 06, 2008 Location Colorado Springs See more about 'Ansel Adams Fern Spring - Dusk Gelatin Silver Print!!' Description Thank you for taking a look at this great auction item. MOTOPORTER is offering you the chance to bid on and win this lovely original Ansel Adams gelatin silver print from my personal collection of more than 25 pieces. Certificate from the Ansel Adams Gallery will accompany the piece to the buyer. Guaranteed authentic and in pristine gallery condition. Framed by professionals and ready to hang in your home or gallery.  Image Date: ca. 1961 Print Date: 1973 Print Type: Gelatin Silver Print Size: approx. 12"x9", overmat size 20"x16" Print Condition: Excellent Signature: "Ansel Adams" ANSEL ADAMS (American 1902-1984) Fern Spring, Dusk, Yosemite Valley, California, circa 1961 Gelatin silver print signed.  Original print made to accompany the De Luxe Edition of Ansel Adams: Images, 1923-1974 with foreward by Adams' friend Wallace Stegner.  Provenance: Given as gift by Ansel Adams to Wallace Stegner, who authored the foreward to the DeLuxe Edition. Sold by the Stegner Family to Arthur W. Porter of Colorado Springs, your seller here. Buyer will receive the original letter of Provenance from Page Stegner, shown in the listing. Adams, Ansel Easton: American photographer, 1902-1984. Adams began to photograph professionally in 1930, and in 1932 was a founding member of the f/64 group in San Francisco, California. In 1940 he created the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York, along with Beaumont Newhall and David McAlpin. In 1941 Adams began to photograph landscapes. From 1942 to 1944 Adams acted as the photographic adviser to the United States Army. In 1962 Adams moved to Carmel, California where he founded the Friends of Photography in 1967. He continued to document the landscape of the American West. Similar Print (without this exceptional Provenance) sold in January of this year at auction for $6,500 (21 Bids) plus a buyers premium of 20%. Sold here at auction at no reserve, and without premium. Ansel Adams signature in pencil recto. Adams Stamp, verso.  Buyer to pay $39.95 for shipping and handling to the 48 States. To see our collection of BMW Racing photos click on www.printroom.com/pro/motoporter and enjoy! MOTOPORTER is now accepting PayPal on line payments. Click on this link to sign up. BidPay - the original online auction payment service. On Feb-21-08 at 13:23:44 PST, seller added the following information: Sellers: Get your own map of past buyers. Fast. Simple. Place a Bid!