Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico

1941, printed 1980

Ansel Adams

Associated Names
Ansel Adams

Artist, American, 1902 - 1984

This black-and-white photograph shows a landscape with low hills silhouetted against the night sky. A full moon is visible above the low horizon. There are lines of wispy white clouds behind the distant mountains, but the top half of the photograph shows clear, dark sky. At the bottom, shrubbery leads to a row of small structures, including a large building on the left with a small cross on top of it. On the right there appears to be a graveyard, with several pale crosses and tombstones contrasting with the dark landscape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Virginia B. Adams

  • Dimensions

    overall: 38.2 × 49.4 cm (15 1/16 × 19 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.3.1

  • Series Title

    Museum Set

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Images 1974, 47.

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: 32.

Inscriptions

lower right on mount in graphite: Ansel Adams

Wikidata ID

Q64144816

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