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Ansel Adams Art

American, 1902-1984

The San Francisco–born photographer Ansel Adams is celebrated for his majestic black-and-white photography that brought the deserts, mountains and forests of the American West to the public. His images, beloved for their raw beauty and the magic of their subjects, are known around the world and widely reproduced as calendars and posters.

A sickly child with little attraction to sports or games, Adams early on developed an avid interest in the natural surroundings of his San Francisco home, on the heights facing Golden Gate Park. This passion found a productive outlet in photography, which he discovered at 14, when his father gave him his first camera during a family trip to Yosemite National Park. He spent much of the ensuing decades capturing Yosemite’s vast and varied wonders.

Adams’s photographs were first published in 1921. Even these early efforts demonstrate his eye for composition and his sensitivity to tonal balance and textural contrast. In the mid-1920s, he began to play with soft focus, as in the dreamy 1927 Lyell Fork Meadows, which appears bathed in a hazy, nostalgic light. The 1948 Sunrise over Sand Dunes in Death Valley exemplifies Adams’s later experiments with stark contrasts in light and geometric framing, which transform the landscape into a near abstraction.

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Artist: Ansel Adams
Ski Touring
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
A very rare example of Ansel Adams' early scenes in the Yosemite area. The signature, in pencil, is indicative of an early print as the "E" of his name is included. Comparables have ...
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Early 20th Century Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Printed 1970s. The photo of Mount McKinley with Wonder Lake in the foreground was taken in the summer while Adams was in Alaska on a Guggenheim Fellowship trip. It was one of the rar...
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20th Century Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Petroglyphs, Monument Valley Utah
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel, CA
Rare original photograph. Large size. From Portfolio V. Print date (c. 1979) and the edition size 25/110. Printed by Ansel Adams Has some chipping on the edges, which do not deter fr...
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1950s Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Upper Yosemite Falls, Spring, Yosemite National Park, California
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel, CA
Your chance to own an original Ansel Adams photograph. Signed in pen. Special Edition print printed by someone else. Authorized by the Ansel Adams gallery accompanied with Certificat...
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1940s Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico
By Ansel Adams
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" is a photograph by famed landmark photographer Ansel Adams taken in 1941 and printed c. 1959. The photograph is signed on verso with artist's stamp,...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Fern Spring Dusk, Yosemite Valley CA, 1961
By Ansel Adams
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Ansel Adams, Fern Spring Dusk, Yosemite Valley CA, 1961. Printed 1973. Toned gelatin silver print. Signed in pencil mount recto "Ansel Adams'. Signed on mount recto ‘Ansel Adams”. ...
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Mid-20th Century Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Owens Valley, California
By Ansel Adams
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Owens Valley, California" is a photograph by famed landmark photographer Ansel Adams. The photograph is signed by the artist on the mount below ...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite, California
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
This highly important example of one of Adams’ most famous images has an exceptional tonal character. In 1960, Ansel made this image with a Hasselblad camera while driving towards the Ahwahnee Hotel, located within the boundaries of the National Park. As one of Ansel Adams’ iconic and enduring masterpieces, “Moon and Half Dome...
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20th Century Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ansel Adams and the West
By Ansel Adams
Located in New York, NY
Ansel Adams and the West, 1979 Offset Lithograph Poster 23 × 36 inches Unframed This offset lithograph poster was created on the occasion of the Ansel Adams exhibition, Ansel Adams and the West, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York from September 8 - October 28, 1979. The photograph featured in this poster is Old Faithful...
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1970s Realist Ansel Adams Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Aspens, Northern New Mexico
By Ansel Adams
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Aspens, Northern New Mexico" is a photography by famed and landmark photographer Ansel Adams. The photograph is signed in pencil, lower right, "Ansel Adams". The framed piece measur...
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1970s Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Mudhills, Arizona, 1947
By Ansel Adams
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Ansel Adams Mudhills, Arizona, 1947, Portfolio V Gelatin silver print, plate 2 from the portfolio "Portfolio V" Signed and marked 22/100 1970 Black and white photograph. Photograph size 15 x 19.5 inches. Dry mounted to board and matted 23 x 29 inches Titled on Back of photograph Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902, in San Francisco, California. Adams rose to prominence as a photographer of the American West, particularly Yosemite National Park, using his work to promote conservation of wilderness areas. ... He died in Monterey, California, on April 1945 Ansel Adams founds the first fine art photography department at the San Francisco Art Institute. Faculty include Dorothea Lange, Imogen Cunningham, Minor White...
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1970s Photorealist Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Graduation Dress, Yosemite Valley
By Ansel Adams
Located in Tulsa, OK
Ansel Adams Graduation Dress, Yosemite Valley, 1948, printed 1974 Signed and numbered in pencil on mount recto. Adam's Portfolio VI stamp on mount verso Gelat...
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Mid-20th Century Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tuscon, Arizona
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Original vintage gelatin silver photograph printed circa 1944 by Ansel Adams. Signed in pencil lower right on the front of the mount. Very good vintage condition: some silvering top left quadrant, small edge chips on sides. Photograph is archivally overmatted to 18 1/6 x 14 1/2 inches so frame ready. Comes unframed. ANSEL ADAMS (AMERICAN, 1902 - 1984) Ansel Easton Adams was known for his black and white photographs of the California's Yosemite Valley. Adams was also the author of numerous books about photography, including his trilogy of technical instruction manuals (The Camera, The Negative, and The Print). He co-founded the photographic association Group f/64 along with other masters like Edward Weston, Willard Van Dyke...
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1940s Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Mount Williamson, The Sierra Nevada from Manzanar, California
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Written by Ansel Adams: The cold wind of the night before had abated and the air was free of the swirling dust that we had first encountered. We had arrived at Manzanar at dusk the p...
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20th Century Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Autumn Storm, Las Trampas, Near Penasco, New Mexico, 1958
By Ansel Adams
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Ansel Adams, Autumn Storm, Las Trampas, Near Penasco, New Mexico, 1958. Printed 1981. Gelatin silver print. Southwest landscape photography. Signed on mount recto by the artist.
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Mid-20th Century Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

East Vidette
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed (AE Adams), titled, printed on the front of print. Rare vintage parmelian print from 1927.
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1920s Ansel Adams Art

The Abode of Snow
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed with printed title on the front of the print. Very early parmelian print by Ansel Adams.
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1920s Ansel Adams Art

The Abode of Snow
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed with printed title on front of print. From 'Parmelian Prints of the High Sierra', limited edition of 100 copies.
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20th Century Ansel Adams Art

White Stumps, Sierra Nevada, CA
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed by the artist mount recto and with artist's stamp mount verso.
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20th Century Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Silverton, Colorado
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and numbered on the front of the mount by Ansel Adams. Stamped and titled on the back of the mount. From Portolio VI-4; 55/110. Printed in 1974.
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1970s Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Lyell Fork Meadows
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front of the print. Printed circa 1927.
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1920s Ansel Adams Art

Rock and Grass, Moraine Lake, Sequoia National Park, CA, 1932 (Printed 1974)
By Ansel Adams
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed in pencil on mount recto; Titled & dated in ink with artist's copyright stamp on mount verso Gelatin Silver Print Image - 14.25"x18", Mount 22"x28", Matted - 24"x30" © Ansel A...
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Mid-20th Century Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Trailer - Camp Children, Richmond, California
By Ansel Adams
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Ansel Adams (United States, b. 1902-1984) Trailer - Camp Children, Richmond, California, c. 1944, printed 1977 Signed in pencil on mount recto; Titled & dated in ink with artist's co...
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1940s Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Sunset Hills, CA, (Creek and rocks)
By Ansel Adams
Located in Westwood, NJ
Carmel credit stamps on verso titled in ink by Adams on stamp. signed in ink on mount. Gallery 270 represents distinguished photographers of the 20th Century and the emergent photog...
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20th Century Contemporary Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Interior of Tumacoacori Mission, Arizona
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and numbered on front of mount. Portfolio VII stamp with title, negative and print dates on back of mount. From the limited edition of 115 of which there were 100 for sale cop...
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20th Century Ansel Adams Art

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Silver Gelatin

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Moonrise from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California
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Located in Tulsa, OK
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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Photographer Ansel Adams spoke of the ‘Art of Visualization’ around his photography methods. This concept revolves around the photographer imagining where the audience’s eye will move across a scene before taking the shot. Visualization helps the photographer frame a scene in a way that aligns with their intent. Shop a collection of Ansel Adams photography from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 1, 2024
    Ansel Adams' most famous photo is open for debate. One of his first photographs to draw attention from the public was 1927's Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, an image of the Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. Other notable photos by Adams include Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico; Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite National Park, California; San Francisco From Twin Peaks and Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death Valley National Monument, California. On 1stDibs, explore a wide variety of Ansel Adams art.

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