Ice on Ellery Lake, Sierra Nevada, CA

Print Notes

If it were not for the branches in the lower right corner it would be difficult, even for a trained eye, to recognize this image as a landscape. Adams had explored abstractions previously but had seldom pushed them to this extent. -From 400 Photographs

This is the only example of this image in the collection.

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Description

Ansel Adams
1902-1984
1959 | Printed between 1973-77
Gelatin silver print
Image Size: 13 x 18 5/8 inches
Location: An American Place ~ Unique ID 588

Provenance

The Estate of the photographer to The Friends of Photography, Carmel, 1984; Meredith Collection from the above, 2002; acquired through Sotheby's "Ansel Adams: A Legacy, Photographs from the Meredith Collection" lot 17.