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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Seven gables, 1929

Ansel Adams

Seven gables, 1929

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Commissary at Garnet Camp, 1925

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Commissary at Garnet Camp, 1925

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Sale Date: April 25, 2007

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Yosemite Valley, winter (Clearing winter..., 1938

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Yosemite Valley, winter (Clearing winter..., 1938

Sale Date: April 25, 2007

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Winter - Yosemite (Locust trees in snow), 1929

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Winter - Yosemite (Locust trees in snow), 1929

Sale Date: April 25, 2007

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Aspens, New Mexico, 1958

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Aspens, New Mexico, 1958

Sale Date: April 25, 2007

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Rose - Driftwood, 1932

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Rose - Driftwood, 1932

Sale Date: April 25, 2007

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Evening clouds and pool, East Side of the..., 1983

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Evening clouds and pool, East Side of the..., 1983

Sale Date: April 25, 2007

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A day of snow in Yosemite (8 prints by..., 1948–1949

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A day of snow in Yosemite (8 prints by..., 1948–1949

Sale Date: April 23, 1996

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Reflections, Merced River, Winter, Yomsemite , 1960

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Reflections, Merced River, Winter, Yomsemite , 1960

Sale Date: April 23, 1996

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Aspens, Northen New Mexico, 1958

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Aspens, Northen New Mexico, 1958

Sale Date: April 23, 1996

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Sonoma County hills, 1951

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Sonoma County hills, 1951

Sale Date: April 23, 1996

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Sunrise, Mt. Tom, Sierra Nevada, California..., 1948

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Sunrise, Mt. Tom, Sierra Nevada, California..., 1948

Sale Date: April 23, 1996

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Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from..., 1944

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Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from..., 1944

Sale Date: April 23, 1996

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Clearing winter storm, Yosemite National..., 1944

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Clearing winter storm, Yosemite National..., 1944

Sale Date: April 23, 1996

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Sale Date: April 23, 1996

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Trailer camp children, Richmond,..., 1940–1949

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Trailer camp children, Richmond,..., 1940–1949

Sale Date: April 23, 1996

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Monolith, the face of Half Dome - Yosemite..., 1926

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Monolith, the face of Half Dome - Yosemite..., 1926

Sale Date: April 23, 1996

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San Francisco from Red Mountain, 1933–1934

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San Francisco from Red Mountain, 1933–1934

Sale Date: April 23, 1996

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Mesa verde ruins, 1925–1929

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Mesa verde ruins, 1925–1929

Sale Date: April 23, 1996

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Sierra Nevada. The John Muir Trail (portfolio of

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Sierra Nevada. The John Muir Trail (portfolio of

Sale Date: February 18, 2007

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Parmelian prints of the High Sierras..., 1927

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Parmelian prints of the High Sierras..., 1927

Sale Date: February 18, 2007

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Alfred Stieglitz at his desk at an American..., 1939

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Alfred Stieglitz at his desk at an American..., 1939

Sale Date: February 14, 2007

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Landscape, Arizona, 1940–1949

Ansel Adams

Landscape, Arizona, 1940–1949

Sale Date: February 14, 2007

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