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The vast majority of the prints Adams made of Winter Sunrise were printed on 16 x 20 inch paper. But his large-format negatives could support greater enlargements without becoming too grainy. Another mural sized version of the image apparently hung outside Adams' own darkroom, one of the very few such prints in existence.
This is another. A stunning tour de force, it is accompanied by three typically entertaining letters (illustrated) from Ansel Adams to Maynard Munger Jr., who had first met Ansel and Virginia Adams as a young man while delivering produce to them from his father's store. Adams' first letter is dated January 1, 1961, in which he apologizes for the delay in delivering the print. The last, dated September 26, 1973, covers more general matters, including his grumblings about the Sierra Club (Munger was also a member and Director of its East Bay Chapter for a while.) Ansel also remarks charmingly, if somewhat ingenuously, 'I gather the large print is still holding together'.
And it has continued to 'hold together', thanks to the careful stewardship of the Munger family for over five decades.
Please see lot 14 for a smaller, near-vintage version of the image.
This is another. A stunning tour de force, it is accompanied by three typically entertaining letters (illustrated) from Ansel Adams to Maynard Munger Jr., who had first met Ansel and Virginia Adams as a young man while delivering produce to them from his father's store. Adams' first letter is dated January 1, 1961, in which he apologizes for the delay in delivering the print. The last, dated September 26, 1973, covers more general matters, including his grumblings about the Sierra Club (Munger was also a member and Director of its East Bay Chapter for a while.) Ansel also remarks charmingly, if somewhat ingenuously, 'I gather the large print is still holding together'.
And it has continued to 'hold together', thanks to the careful stewardship of the Munger family for over five decades.
Please see lot 14 for a smaller, near-vintage version of the image.