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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Ansel Adams Artworks

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Ansel Adams (6,417 results)
Mission San Xavier del Bac, Arizona, Rear..., 1968

Ansel Adams

Mission San Xavier del Bac, Arizona, Rear..., 1968

Sale Date: December 14, 1994

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Forest and stream, Northern California, pl. 5, 1959

Ansel Adams

Forest and stream, Northern California, pl. 5, 1959

Sale Date: December 14, 1994

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Half Dome, Merced River, winter, 1938

Ansel Adams

Half Dome, Merced River, winter, 1938

Sale Date: December 14, 1994

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Lower Yosemite Falls, 1946

Ansel Adams

Lower Yosemite Falls, 1946

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958

Ansel Adams

Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Clearing storm, Sonoma County Hills,..., 1951

Ansel Adams

Clearing storm, Sonoma County Hills,..., 1951

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Portfolio III: Yosemite Valley

Ansel Adams

Portfolio III: Yosemite Valley

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Northern California coast redwoods, 1960

Ansel Adams

Northern California coast redwoods, 1960

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Rails and jet trails, 1953

Ansel Adams

Rails and jet trails, 1953

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Sierra Nevada, winter evening from the Owens , 1962

Ansel Adams

Sierra Nevada, winter evening from the Owens , 1962

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Clouds, Sierra Nevada, 1970

Ansel Adams

Clouds, Sierra Nevada, 1970

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Fred Archer 'Late afternoon'

Ansel Adams

Fred Archer 'Late afternoon'

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Mount Clarence King, 1927

Ansel Adams

Mount Clarence King, 1927

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Merner House, California, 1927

Ansel Adams

Merner House, California, 1927

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Mt. Lyell & Mt. Maclure, Yosemite National..., 1936

Ansel Adams

Mt. Lyell & Mt. Maclure, Yosemite National..., 1936

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Juan Poncho of Cochiti Pueblo, 1928

Ansel Adams

Juan Poncho of Cochiti Pueblo, 1928

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Castle Rock, Summit Road above Saratoga, 1963

Ansel Adams

Castle Rock, Summit Road above Saratoga, 1963

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Fern Spring, dusk, Yosemite Valley, 1961

Ansel Adams

Fern Spring, dusk, Yosemite Valley, 1961

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Mount Galen Clark, 1927

Ansel Adams

Mount Galen Clark, 1927

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Canyon de Chelly, 1940

Ansel Adams

Canyon de Chelly, 1940

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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(Tenaya Creek) Dogwood, Rain, Merced River,..., 1948

Ansel Adams

(Tenaya Creek) Dogwood, Rain, Merced River,..., 1948

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Vernal Fall, Yosemite Valley, California, 1948

Ansel Adams

Vernal Fall, Yosemite Valley, California, 1948

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Ansel Adams

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Sonoma County Hills

Ansel Adams

Sonoma County Hills

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

Auction Closed

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