Ansel Adams

Artist Mike Mandel (American, born 1950)

Date1975

MediumPhotolithograph

DimensionsImage: 3 1/8 × 2 3/16 inches (7.94 × 5.56 cm)
Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches (8.89 × 6.35 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.67.38.21

SignedCopyright printed on card verso, bottom, in black: "Gum by Topps Chewing Gum, Brooklyn / Litho by Mike Roberts, Berkeley / © Mike Mandel"

InscribedName printed on sheet recto, lower left, in white: "Ansel / ADAMS" Statistics and quote by respective artist printed on card verso, in black: "Height: 6’ 1”/ Weight: 200 +/- / Born: San Francisco / Home: Carmel, Ca. / Throws: Right / Bats: Right FP: Those that work / FC: None FF: / FD: / FPh: Daguerre / Ansel Adams / Without a deep understanding of the / world in its natural aspects – an / awareness of elemental shapes, tex- / tures, substances, and light – the / photographer may discover himself in / a precarious relationship with real- / ity when he enters the more abstract / fields of artificial lighting and / its involved ramifications. / Natural Light Photography / Basic Photo 4 / p. vi”

MarkingsNumber printed inside baseball image, on card verso, upper right, in black: "21"

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DescriptionIndividual "trading card" with portrait of a smiling Ansel Adams wearing full catcher's uniform over boldly patterned shirt.

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