Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death Valley National Monument, California

c. 1948, printed 1980

Ansel Adams

Associated Names
Ansel Adams

Artist, American, 1902 - 1984

This black-and-white photograph shows a view of sand dunes from above. The horizon is visible at the very top of the photograph, with distant gray and black mountains in the background. The sand dune closest to us has a distinct ridge down the middle, and the left half in shadow, while the right half is light gray. At the bottom of the photograph, there are thin horizontal lines in the sand, which slopes slightly downward towards us.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Virginia B. Adams

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.9 x 45.6 cm (14 1/8 x 17 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.3.9

  • Series Title

    Museum Set

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Images 1974, 62.

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: 37.

Inscriptions

lower right on mount in graphite: Ansel Adams

Wikidata ID

Q64144824

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