Live Auction 3457The Range of Light: Photographs by Ansel Adams
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Lot 11

ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

Winter Storm, Yosemite Valley, 1944

Closed3 April 2014

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USD 43,750

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ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Winter Storm, Yosemite Valley, 1944
gelatin silver print, printed 1970s
signed in pencil (on the mount); title, date in ink and Carmel credit stamp (on the reverse of the mount)
image/sheet: 15½ x 19¼in. (39.3 x 48.8cm.)
mount: 22 x 28in. (56 x 71.2cm.)

From the artist;
to George B. Hartzog, Jr.;
by bequest to the present owner

Specialist note

George B. Hartzog, Jr. (1920-2008) was Director of the National Park Service during the 1960s and early 1970s. During his tenure Mr. Hartzog oversaw the largest expansion of the system -- 72 sites encompassing 2.7 million acres -- including recreation areas, seashores, river ways and historical monuments, such as Gateway National Recreation Area in New York City and Golden Gate National Recreation Area on San Francisco Bay.

Please see lot 8 for a mural version of the image.