Description
Ansel Adams, Yosemite National Park: Half Dome from Glacier Peak and Tenaya Lake, along the Sunrise Trail. 1960 Lithograph from Museum Graphics with the permission of the Ansel Adams Trust. Both beautifully framed in black wood behind museum glass.
Dimensions: 23.25" wide x 2" deep x 19.25" high (inches)
About Tenaya Lake: Ansel Adams visited the shores of Lake Tenaya circa 1938 and made this photograph. He had been there before, guiding Edward Weston to virtually this same spot a year prior during the latter's Guggenheim Fellowship in 1937. Ansel had visited the region over several years and considered it one of the most beautiful places in the Sierra. The lake later became a rallying cry for Ansel and the conservation movement as he, joined by Sierra Club President David Brower and others, campaigned against the reconstruction of the Tioga Road near the lakeshore and surrounding granite slopes.
About Half Dome & Clouds: This negative was made in Yosemite National Park in 1940. It is a fairly rare print. It is strikingly beautiful and an excellent complement to the Tenaya Lake lithograph.
About Ansel Adams: Ansel Adams is the most important American landscape photographer of the 20th century. He is the most widely known and respected of all American photographers, whose legend continues through books and television documentaries, and through the prevalent reproduction of his work on calendars, posters, postcards, and other ephemera. Adams' professional life was dedicated to capturing the forgotten and unspoiled wilderness of America's national parks and other protected conservation areas in the West. He was a committed environmentalist and nothing short of an icon for the 20th-century conservation movement.
Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Bright and excellent quality lithograph and newly framed in fine condition
Origin:
United States
Creator:
Artist: Ansel Adams
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph, Wood
Details:
Frame Type: Framed
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Country of Origin: United States
Art Subjects: Landscape
Dimensions: 23.25" wide x 2" deep x 19.25" high (inches)
About Tenaya Lake: Ansel Adams visited the shores of Lake Tenaya circa 1938 and made this photograph. He had been there before, guiding Edward Weston to virtually this same spot a year prior during the latter's Guggenheim Fellowship in 1937. Ansel had visited the region over several years and considered it one of the most beautiful places in the Sierra. The lake later became a rallying cry for Ansel and the conservation movement as he, joined by Sierra Club President David Brower and others, campaigned against the reconstruction of the Tioga Road near the lakeshore and surrounding granite slopes.
About Half Dome & Clouds: This negative was made in Yosemite National Park in 1940. It is a fairly rare print. It is strikingly beautiful and an excellent complement to the Tenaya Lake lithograph.
About Ansel Adams: Ansel Adams is the most important American landscape photographer of the 20th century. He is the most widely known and respected of all American photographers, whose legend continues through books and television documentaries, and through the prevalent reproduction of his work on calendars, posters, postcards, and other ephemera. Adams' professional life was dedicated to capturing the forgotten and unspoiled wilderness of America's national parks and other protected conservation areas in the West. He was a committed environmentalist and nothing short of an icon for the 20th-century conservation movement.
Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Bright and excellent quality lithograph and newly framed in fine condition
Origin:
United States
Creator:
Artist: Ansel Adams
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph, Wood
Details:
Frame Type: Framed
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Country of Origin: United States
Art Subjects: Landscape
Condition
Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; Bright and excellent quality lithograph and newly framed in fine condition
Buyer's Premium
20%
Dimensions
23.25 x 19.25 x 2 in
Two Ansel Adams Lithographs, Yosemite: Half Dome & Tenaya Lake
Estimate $650-$1,310
Starting Bid
$320
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