Trees in Snow, Yosemite, 1939
- Printed
- 1939
- Image
- 3⅜ × 4½in
- Mount
- 4⅝ × 5⅝in
- Material
- Gelatin silver print
- Verso
- Inscribed, signed and dated in ink by Virginia Adams: “Dear Partridges / Our good wishes for the new year! / Ansel and Virginia Adams / Yosemite / 1939.” The hand matches Virginia Adams’s signature on an authenticated print.
These images may contain artifacts from the scanning process. The framed view is generated from a photograph of the matted print.
This glossy — possibly ferrotyped — silver gelatinThe clear binder that suspends the light-sensitive silver, forming the print's image layer. print, mounted to board, is in overall excellent condition. Every defect noted below is visible only in raking lightLight cast from a low, glancing angle across the surface, used to reveal texture and shallow defects invisible head-on..
- Microabrasions throughout, a consequence of the high-gloss surface.
- Faint linear impressions throughout — most notably in the upper-left and lower-right quadrants and the center — visible only on close inspection.
- MatteA non-reflective, low-gloss surface finish. deposit along the right edge of the print, visible mostly on close inspection.
- Three fingerprints along the bottom edge and one along the top-right edge, visible only on close inspection.
Does not appear to fluoresceTo glow under ultraviolet light — a response that can reveal coatings, retouching, or repairs. under UV light.
Condition is reported as an opinion, not a statement of fact, and may not note every defect. It describes the artwork as observed at the time of imaging.
Provenance is compiled from documents and owner accounts and may be incomplete.