Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite National Park, California

c. 1927, printed 1981

Ansel Adams

Artist, American, 1902 - 1984

A misty waterfall drops vertiginously from a towering, sheer cliff face that nearly reaches the top edge of this vertical black and white photograph. Spray drifts in hazy clouds down the height and especially around the base of the falls, curling up into the trees that frame the view in front of us. Only a sliver of gray sky is shown above the cliff and falls.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Virginia B. Adams

  • Dimensions

    overall: 38.1 x 49.9 cm (15 x 19 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.3.31

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1979

  • Yosemite 1979, 66.

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: 3.

Inscriptions

lower right on mount in graphite: Ansel Adams

Wikidata ID

Q64144861

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