Ansel Adams

(American, 1902–1984)

Ansel Adams was an iconic American photographer known for his awe-inspiring black-and-white photographs of the American West. Carefully composed and technically precise, the artist’s picturesque images of Yosemite National Park are some of the most iconic works in the history of the medium. “Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space,” he once mused. “I know of no sculpture, painting, or music that exceeds the compelling spiritual command of the soaring shape of granite cliff and dome, of patina of light on rock and forest, and of the thunder and whispering of the falling, flowing waters.” Born on February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, CA, the artist trained as a concert pianist before turning to photography in 1930. Along with Edward Weston and Imogen Cunningham, Adams formed Group f/64 with the goal of elevating photography to a high art at a time when it was only considered a form of documentation. A committed environmentalist, he traveled throughout the country to capture the grandeur of natural sites. Adams died on April 22, 1984 in Monterey, CA at the age of 82. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, among others.

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Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958

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Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958

Sale Date: October 3, 2013

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Oak Tree, Winter, Yosemite, 1948

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Oak Tree, Winter, Yosemite, 1948

Sale Date: October 3, 2013

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Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958

Ansel Adams

Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958

Sale Date: October 3, 2013

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1942

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1942

Sale Date: October 3, 2013

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Frozen Lake and Cliffs, Sierra Nevada,..., 1927

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Frozen Lake and Cliffs, Sierra Nevada,..., 1927

Sale Date: October 3, 2013

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Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone..., 1944

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Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone..., 1944

Sale Date: October 3, 2013

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Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox, Canyon de..., 1937

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Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox, Canyon de..., 1937

Sale Date: October 3, 2013

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Winter, Forest Detail, Yosemite Valley, 1949

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Winter, Forest Detail, Yosemite Valley, 1949

Sale Date: October 3, 2013

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White Stump, Sierra Nevada, California, 1936

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White Stump, Sierra Nevada, California, 1936

Sale Date: October 3, 2013

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Portfolio Four: What Majestic Word. In..., 1963

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Portfolio Four: What Majestic Word. In..., 1963

Sale Date: October 3, 2013

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Petroglyphs, Monument Valley, Utah, 1958

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Petroglyphs, Monument Valley, Utah, 1958

Sale Date: September 20, 2013

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Winnowing Grain Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, 1929

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Winnowing Grain Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, 1929

Sale Date: September 20, 2013

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Aspens, Northern New Mexico (Vertical), 1958

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Aspens, Northern New Mexico (Vertical), 1958

Sale Date: August 23, 2013

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Ferns, 1945

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Ferns, 1945

Sale Date: September 10, 2013

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Jeffrey Pine, Sentinel Dome, Yosemite, 1940

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Jeffrey Pine, Sentinel Dome, Yosemite, 1940

Sale Date: September 10, 2013

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Moonrise from Glacier Point, 1948

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Moonrise from Glacier Point, 1948

Sale Date: September 10, 2013

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Half Dome and Moon, Yosemite National Park,...

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Half Dome and Moon, Yosemite National Park,...

Sale Date: August 25, 2013

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Sierra Junipers, 1927

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Sierra Junipers, 1927

Sale Date: July 20, 2013

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Yosemite, National Park (12 works), 1940

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Yosemite, National Park (12 works), 1940

Sale Date: July 20, 2013

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Refugio Beach, California, 1938

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Refugio Beach, California, 1938

Sale Date: July 20, 2013

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Fern Spring, Dusk, 1961

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Fern Spring, Dusk, 1961

Sale Date: July 20, 2013

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Half Dome, Merced River Winter-Yosemite..., 1938

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Half Dome, Merced River Winter-Yosemite..., 1938

Sale Date: July 20, 2013

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Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite, National Park, , 1960

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Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite, National Park, , 1960

Sale Date: June 30, 2013

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Oaktree, Snowstorm, 1948

Ansel Adams

Oaktree, Snowstorm, 1948

Sale Date: June 30, 2013

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