The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

1942, printed 1980

Ansel Adams

Artist, American, 1902 - 1984

We look down into a darkened valley with a shimmering, curving river winding back to a screen of craggy, snow-topped mountains in the distance in this horizontal black and white photograph.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Virginia B. Adams

  • Dimensions

    overall: 48.3 x 39 cm (19 x 15 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.3.5

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia B. Adams, Carmel, CA; gift to NGA, 1986.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Images 1974, 69.

1985

  • Alinder, James, and Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr. Ansel Adams: Classic Images, The Museum Set. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Boston, 1985: 35.

Inscriptions

lower right on mount in graphite: Ansel Adams

Wikidata ID

Q64144820

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