Staircase leading to a ruined building

© The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust

Staircase leading to a ruined building

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Staircase leading to a ruined building,

1940

Ansel Adams, 1902–1984; born San Francisco, CA; died Monterey, CA; active San Francisco, CA and Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
2006-639

Information

Title
Staircase leading to a ruined building
Dates

1940

Maker
Ansel Adams
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 9 x 11.9 cm. (3 9/16 x 4 11/16 in.) sheet: 9.6 x 12.4 cm. (3 3/4 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David Hunter McAlpin Jr., Class of 1950
Object Number
2006-639
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Intracoastal Waterway

Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
ferrotyping, gelatin silver process
Subject
stone, plants, walls, stairs

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