ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Lot 7 VARIOUS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS


Yosemite Valley is like an enormous Gothic cathedral whose gray granite walls rise straight up to a blue roof. Its perimeter is adorned with natural sculptures visible through the clearing storm in Ansel's photograph, El Capitan on the left; Sentinel Rock and the Three Graces on the right; Half Dome shrouded by clouds in the distance. In the spring the snow in the high country melts and massive amounts of water thunder from the rim to shake the valley floor...No wonder Ansel was enchanted. Andrea Stillman

ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

Clouds, Yosemite Valley, 1945

Closed3 April 2014

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ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Clouds, Yosemite Valley, 1945
gelatin silver mural print, printed 1970-1975
title in ink and 'Carmel' credit stamp (on the reverse of the flush-mount); Carmel credit label affixed (on the frame backing)
image/flush-mount: 29½ x 23½in. (75 x 60cm.)

From the artist;
to a California Collection;
Christie's, New York, Photographs by Ansel Adams from a California Collection, April 11, 2008, lot 1014