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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.

Ansel Adams

Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite National Park, California, c. 1927, printed 1981

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series Title

Museum Set

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Virginia B. Adams

Accession Number

1986.3.31

Artists / Makers

Ansel Adams (artist) American, 1902 - 1984

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Inscription

lower right on mount in graphite: Ansel Adams

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Adams, Ansel, Mrs.

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.