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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Rock cliff (Detail), Philmont, 1960

Ansel Adams

Rock cliff (Detail), Philmont, 1960

Sale Date: December 8, 2009

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Pine forest timber cove, 1962

Ansel Adams

Pine forest timber cove, 1962

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Ansel Adams

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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El Capitan, winter, Yosemite National Park,..., 1950

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El Capitan, winter, Yosemite National Park,..., 1950

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Untitled (Cowboy on horseback), 1935

Ansel Adams

Untitled (Cowboy on horseback), 1935

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Young oaks, winter (Yosemite), 1938

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Young oaks, winter (Yosemite), 1938

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Monolith, the face of Half Dome, Yosemite..., 1927

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Monolith, the face of Half Dome, Yosemite..., 1927

Sale Date: December 4, 2009

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Frozen lake and cliffs, Sierra Nevada,..., 1932

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Frozen lake and cliffs, Sierra Nevada,..., 1932

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Fern spring, dusk, Yosemite Vally, 1961

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Fern spring, dusk, Yosemite Vally, 1961

Sale Date: November 21, 2009

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Untitled (Coastline)

Ansel Adams

Untitled (Coastline)

Sale Date: December 7, 2009

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Sequoia Gigantea roots, Yosemite National..., 1950

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Sequoia Gigantea roots, Yosemite National..., 1950

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Madrone bark, 1932

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Madrone bark, 1932

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

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

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Taos Pueblo, 1930

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Taos Pueblo, 1930

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Rocks and limpets, Point Lobos, California, 1960

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Rocks and limpets, Point Lobos, California, 1960

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Dogwood, Yosemite, 1938

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Dogwood, Yosemite, 1938

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Mormon temple, Manti, Utah, 1948

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Mormon temple, Manti, Utah, 1948

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Special edition of fine prints: Photographs of...

Ansel Adams

Special edition of fine prints: Photographs of...

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Moonrise, Hernandez, Northern New Mexico, 1941

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Moonrise, Hernandez, Northern New Mexico, 1941

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White stump, Sierra Nevada, California, 1936

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White stump, Sierra Nevada, California, 1936

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Metamorphic rock and summer grass,..., 1945

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Metamorphic rock and summer grass,..., 1945

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Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, Grand..., 1942

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Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, Grand..., 1942

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Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National..., 1942

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Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National..., 1942

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Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Manzanar, , 1944

Ansel Adams

Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Manzanar, , 1944

Sale Date: December 7, 2009

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