VTG Ansel Adams Yosemite Valley Reflections Engraving Landscape 1945 Mat 12x15

Description: Vintage Print: VPE17827 Ansel Adams Yosemite Valley Reflections Engraving Landscape 12x15 Print Method: Lithograph(Multiple plates, multiple ink tones, photographic lithograph) Color / B&W: Black & White Print Year: 1980 Origin: USA Orientation: Portrait Image Height: 9.61 ins. Image Width: 6.77 ins. (New) Mount & Mat Board: 100% Cotton, Acid Free, Museum Grade Mount Board. Mount Height: 15.0 ins. Mount Width: 12.0 ins. Standard Frame: 12 by 15 Frame Ready The mount size for print VPE17827 is a standard frame size 12.0 ins wide x 15.0 ins high, which allows you to save money on expensive, custom framing. Please note: this print is also fully matted, making it genuinely frame ready (Although we cannot change the size of the print, if you prefer a different size mount to fit a particular frame size, please contact us before ordering. No charge). The mount and mat are brand new. Artist: Ansel Adams BIO Born: USA, 1902 Died: 1984 Wikipedia " ... Adams was a life-long advocate for environmental conservation, and his photographic practice was deeply entwined with this advocacy. At age 12, he was given his first camera during his first visit to Yosemite National Park. He developed his early photographic work as a member of the Sierra Club. He was later contracted with the United States Department of the Interior to make photographs of national parks. For his work and his persistent advocacy, which helped expand the National Park system, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980 ... " Britannica " ... American photographer who was the most important landscape photographer of the 20th century. He is also perhaps the most widely known and beloved photographer in the history of the United States; the popularity of his work has only increased since his death. Adams’s most important work was devoted to what was or appeared to be the country’s remaining fragments of untouched wilderness, especially in national parks and other protected areas of the American West. He was also a vigorous and outspoken leader of the conservation movement ... " Ansel Adams Gallery " ... At one with the power of the American landscape, and renowned for the patient skill and timeless beauty of his work (see Ansel Adams Yosemite black & white photographs & original prints), photographer Ansel Adams has been a visionary in his efforts to preserve this country’s wild and scenic areas, both on film and on Earth. Drawn to the beauty of nature’s monuments, he is regarded by environmentalists as a monument himself, and by photographers as a national institution. It is through his foresight and fortitude that so much of America has been saved for future Americans ... " Archives " ... In 1941 the National Park Service commissioned noted photographer Ansel Adams to create a photo mural for the Department of the Interior Building in Washington, DC. The theme was to be nature as exemplified and protected in the U.S. National Parks. The mural project was halted because of World War II and never resumed, however the photographs remained ... " Vintage Photo Prints Our Store With an online database of more than 17,000 photographers, Vintage Photo Prints has been serving art collectors around the globe since 1982. Visit our store to browse our latest daily arrivals in the gallery. More items in the "Landscape" category Lithograph Process Principle of Lithography (Wikipedia) " ... Lithography uses simple chemical processes to create an image. For instance, the positive part of an image is a water-repelling ("hydrophobic") substance, while the negative image would be water-retaining ("hydrophilic"). Thus, when the plate is introduced to a compatible printing ink and water mixture, the ink will adhere to the positive image and the water will clean the negative image. This allows a flat print plate to be used, enabling much longer and more detailed print runs than the older physical methods of printing (e.g., intaglio printing, letterpress printing) ... "Lithography Process (Tate) " ... Offset lithography involves printing the image onto an intermediate surface before the final sheet. The process is ‘offset’ because the plate does not come in direct contact with the paper, which preserves the quality of the plate. With offset lithography, the image is reversed twice, and appears on the final sheet the same way round as on the stone or plate ... " EXTRA FINE COLLECTOR CONDITION PRINT with BRAND NEW, professionally dry-mounted MOUNT AND MAT with archival, museum grade, 12.0 ins wide x 15.0 ins high mount board. Vintage Print: VPE17827 is a GENUINE ANSEL ADAMS, LITHOGRAPH. It is NOT a copy of any kind nor a digital reprint. It is an AUTHENTIC VINTAGE PRINT made in 1980, ready for a standard 12 by 15 frame, Image size: 6.77 ins wide x 9.61 ins high. GALLERY CERTIFIED with SECURITY ID. Collector Info Authenticity Vintage Print: VPE17827 is a genuine Lithograph print. It is not a modern copy of any kind nor a digital reprint. It is an authentic vintage print made in 1980. Rear Mounted Label The print mount comes with a label fixed to the reverse side of the archival mount-board. The label contains the information needed to confirm the authenticity of the print. There is a QR code on the label which you can scan to go directly to your database page without having to enter the vintage id. The label has a Gallery Security ID. The Security ID on the COA matches the Security ID on the label. Certificate of Authenticity Vintage Print: VPE17827 comes with a signed letter certifying its authenticity. The letter also contains a copy of the label from the back of the print mount (see above) and a matching Security ID. Watermark The VPP watermark in the Ebay Listing is not on the original print and has been added digitally to the listing photo to prevent copying.

Price: 79.66 USD

Location: Woodstock, Illinois

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