Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite Valley, CA & U.S. Potash Company Plant ~ Double-Sided Mural

Print Notes

This mural is likely the first of Ansel Adams’ artistically-motivated murals extant and is believed to never have been displayed showing both sides. It was ordered from Best’s studio in 1938 by the original owners.

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Description

Ansel Adams
1902-1984

Negative Date:
1938 (Half Dome)
1941 (U.S. Potash)
Printed c. 1938
Vintage gelatin silver prints “U.S. Potash Company Plant” gelatin silver print mounted to back of original mount.
Image Size: Each 40 3/4 x 61 inches
Location: AAP ~ Unique ID 334

Provenance

Ansel Adams/Best Studio special order 1938 and delivered to the private collector circa 1941; sold through Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco in 1996 from the original owner's family to an unknown collector; small Japanese estate auction to California dealer, Seagrave Gallery, 2019 purchased through Weston Gallery 2020.

Literature

Looking at Ansel Adams, p. 214.