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JUDY DATER (1941- ) A portrait of Ansel Adams.
Estimate:
$1,000 - $1,500
Sold
$500
Timed Auction
Fine Photographs
ARTIST
JUDY DATER (1941- )
Description

Artist: JUDY DATER (1941- )

Title: A portrait of Ansel Adams.

Description: Silver print, the image measuring 12¾x9⅞ inches (32.4x25 cm.), the mount 19¾x16 inches (50.2x40.6 cm.), with Dater's signature in pencil on mount recto. 1977

Provenance: The Estate of Richard T. Rosenthal, Philadelphia

Condition
Judy Dater's contemplative portrait of the iconic Ansel Adams is in very good condition. The surface of the print is bright and clean, with deep, rich blacks, and a range of charcoal gray tones throughout the figure.

There is a spot of faint and expert retouching at the lower edge of the image area. The lower left edge of the print is also lifting slightly from the mount (it is dry mounted, and the tissue is very faintly visible here). This is not obtrusive.

The mount evidences a band of scuffing and paper residue from a prior overmat adhered to mount (and inexpertly removed). The signature is light, but visible below the print. The print itself and signature are not impacted by the residue and scuffing. There is a thin pencil line visible around the image from a mat window, but this is also very faint.


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