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.

Most Expensive Artwork Sold at Auction

The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942
Sold price: 988,000 USD

Ansel Adams Artworks

Ansel Adams (6,417 results)

Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite..., 1927

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Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite..., 1927

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Nevada Fall, Yosemite National Park, Cal., 1947

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Nevada Fall, Yosemite National Park, Cal., 1947

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The Golden Gate (Before the Bridge), 1932

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The Golden Gate (Before the Bridge), 1932

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Nevada Fall, Yosemite National Park,..., 1947

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Nevada Fall, Yosemite National Park,..., 1947

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Golden Gate Before The Bridge, 1932

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Golden Gate Before The Bridge, 1932

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

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

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A Young Lawyer and his Family at Manzanar, 1943

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A Young Lawyer and his Family at Manzanar, 1943

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Sierra Nevada, Winter Evening, from the..., 1962

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Sierra Nevada, Winter Evening, from the..., 1962

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Siesta Lake, Yosemite National Park,..., 1958

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Siesta Lake, Yosemite National Park,..., 1958

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Teklanika River, Denali National Park, Alaska, 1947

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Teklanika River, Denali National Park, Alaska, 1947

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Leaf, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska, 1948

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Leaf, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska, 1948

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Clearing Storm, Sonoma County Hills,..., 1951

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Clearing Storm, Sonoma County Hills,..., 1951

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Dunes, Oceano, California, 1963

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Dunes, Oceano, California, 1963

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Northern California Coast Redwoods, 1960

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Northern California Coast Redwoods, 1960

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Orchard, Portola Valley, California, 1940

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Orchard, Portola Valley, California, 1940

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Petroglyphs in Monument Valley, straddling..., 1958

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Petroglyphs in Monument Valley, straddling..., 1958

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Nasturtiums, Halcyon, California, 1951, 1951

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Nasturtiums, Halcyon, California, 1951, 1951

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

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

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Mudhills, Arizona, 1947, 1947

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Mudhills, Arizona, 1947, 1947

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Autumn, Yosemite, 1938, 1938

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Autumn, Yosemite, 1938, 1938

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

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

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Portfolio Three: Yosemite Valley; Sixteen..., 1960

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Portfolio Three: Yosemite Valley; Sixteen..., 1960

Sale Date: April 3, 2024

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