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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Taos pueblo (12 works), 1930

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Taos pueblo (12 works), 1930

Sale Date: May 18, 2011

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Edward Weston

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Edward Weston

Sale Date: May 4, 2011

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Hus

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Hus

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Fishing boat

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Fishing boat "American Clipper", Fence

Sale Date: May 4, 2011

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Portfolio four: What majestic word, In..., 1963

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Portfolio four: What majestic word, In..., 1963

Sale Date: May 10, 2011

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Portfolio three: Yosemite Valley (portfolio..., 1960

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Portfolio three: Yosemite Valley (portfolio..., 1960

Sale Date: May 10, 2011

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Frozen lake and cliffs, Sierra Nevada,..., 1927

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Frozen lake and cliffs, Sierra Nevada,..., 1927

Sale Date: May 10, 2011

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Moon and Half Dome, 1960

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Moon and Half Dome, 1960

Sale Date: May 2, 2011

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Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Manzanar, 1944

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Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Manzanar, 1944

Sale Date: May 2, 2011

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Forest floor, Yosemite Valley (from Range of , 1950

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Forest floor, Yosemite Valley (from Range of , 1950

Sale Date: May 2, 2011

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Rain, Beartrack Cove, Glacier Bay National..., 1949

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Rain, Beartrack Cove, Glacier Bay National..., 1949

Sale Date: May 2, 2011

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Moth and stump, Interglacial Forest (from..., 1949

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Moth and stump, Interglacial Forest (from..., 1949

Sale Date: May 2, 2011

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Lower Yosemite Falls (from Portfolio III), 1946

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Lower Yosemite Falls (from Portfolio III), 1946

Sale Date: May 2, 2011

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In Joshua Tree National Monument, California , 1942

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In Joshua Tree National Monument, California , 1942

Sale Date: May 2, 2011

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St. Francis Church, Rancho de Taos, 1929–1930

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St. Francis Church, Rancho de Taos, 1929–1930

Sale Date: May 2, 2011

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Sale Date: May 2, 2011

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Moon and Half Dome, 1960

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Moon and Half Dome, 1960

Sale Date: May 2, 2011

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Untitled (Cowboy on horseback), 1935

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Untitled (Cowboy on horseback), 1935

Sale Date: May 2, 2011

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Carolyn Anspacher, San Francisco, 1932

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Carolyn Anspacher, San Francisco, 1932

Sale Date: May 10, 2011

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Half Dome blowing snow, Yosemite National..., 1955

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Half Dome blowing snow, Yosemite National..., 1955

Sale Date: May 10, 2011

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Grass and pool, pl.11 (from Portfolio III), 1935

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Grass and pool, pl.11 (from Portfolio III), 1935

Sale Date: May 10, 2011

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Winter landscapes, Yosemite (4 works), 1930

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Winter landscapes, Yosemite (4 works), 1930

Sale Date: May 10, 2011

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Redwoods, bull creek flat, Northern California, 1960

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Redwoods, bull creek flat, Northern California, 1960

Sale Date: May 10, 2011

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Merced River, cliffs of Cathedral Rocks,..., 1939

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Merced River, cliffs of Cathedral Rocks,..., 1939

Sale Date: May 10, 2011

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