El Capitan, Winter, Yosemite Valley National Park, California

Print Notes

“I visualized the opalescent glow of the sun on the icy cliff. . .In an overpowering area such as Yosemite Valley it is difficult for anyone to make photographs that do not appear derivative of past work. The subjects are definite and recognizable, and the viewpoints are limited. It is therefore all important to strive for an individual and strong visualization." ~ Ansel Adams, quoted in Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs, p. 428

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Description

Ansel Adams
1902-1984
1948 | Printed 1959-60
Gelatin silver print typed captioned on the photographer's letterhead on the reverse.
Image Size: 31 1/8 x 19 inches
Location: Sotheby’s ~ Unique ID 561

Provenance

Ansel Adams, 1960 by descent through the family acquired through to Sotheby's Photographs October 5, 2023, Lot 31.

Publication

Variant: Ansel Adams, Yosemite Valley (San Francisco, 1959), pl. 9; Ansel Adams, These We Inherit: the Parklands of America (San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1962), pl. 14; Andrea Gray Stillman, ed., Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs (Boston, 2007), p. 299.