El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California

El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California

c. 1930
Artist
Ansel Adams, American, 1902-1984
Born: San Francisco, CA
Object
photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Accession Number
2016.8
Credit Line
Funds from the Photography Acquisitions Alliance

Ansel Adams, El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California, c. 1930. Gelatin silver print; 4 x 6 inches. Denver Art Museum Collection: Funds from Photography Acquisitions Alliance, 2016.8 © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust

Dimensions
image height: 4 1/8 in, 10.4775 cm; image width: 6 1/8 in, 15.5575 cm; mat height: 20 in, 50.8 cm; mat width: 16 1/8 in, 40.9575 cm; frame height: 24 3/16 in, 61.4363 cm; frame width: 20 1/4 in, 51.4350 cm; frame depth: 7/8 in, 2.2225 cm
Inscription
Signed and dated on the original window mat; with photographer’s stamp on print, verso
Department
Photography
Collection
Photography
Known Provenance
(Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc.) to (Michael Shapiro Photographs), 1997; Acquired by private collection from (Michael Shapiro Photographs), 1997; Consigned for sale at (Quintenz Gallery), 2015
Exhibition History
  • "Ansel Adams: Visualizing the American Landscape"—Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, May 18–August 22, 2004

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