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Anchors, San Francisco

Anchors, San Francisco

(American, 1902–1984)
1931
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 16.5 x 22.1 cm (6 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.)
Mount: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Credit LineThe Lane Collection
Accession number2018.2394
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
Inscriptionsmount, verso, u.l., blue ink: 3 [circled] mount, verso, top center, blue ink [AA's hand]: Anchors/ Ansel Adams 1932 mount, verso, center, stamp seven, black ink: PHOTOGRAPH/ BY/ ANSEL ADAMS/ ROUTE 1, BOX 181/ CARMEL, CALIFORNIA/ 93921 mount, verso, center, stamp six, black ink: TITLE/ NEGATIVE NO./ CREDIT: in stamp six, black ink [AA's hand]: Anchors. San Francisco California/ CA 1932/ Pan. Film + #29 Filter mount, verso, center, black ink [AA's hand]: 8 x 10 Original Print mount, verso, u.r., black ink: #11 mount, verso, l.r., graphite: 10 mount, verso, l.r., graphite: 1 mount, verso, l.l., graphite: 1932 mount, verso, l.l., graphite: Z69
ProvenanceBetween 1967 and 1973, sold by the artist to William H. Lane (b. 1914 - d. 1995) and Saundra B. Lane, Lunenburg, MA; 2018, gift of Saundra B. Lane to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 26, 2018)