Monument Valley, Arizona

1958, printed 1981

Ansel Adams

Associated Names
Ansel Adams

Artist, American, 1902 - 1984

This grayscale photograph depicts a desert landscape viewed from an elevated angle. A large, textured rock formation slopes from left to right in front of us, and three distinct buttes rise up in the distance. The horizon is high in the frame, emphasizing the vastness of the land. The landscape is dusted with rocks and small, scrubby plants. The sky above is clear.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Virginia B. Adams

  • Dimensions

    overall: 49.3 x 39.3 cm (19 7/16 x 15 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.3.44

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Images 1974, 55.

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: 58.

Inscriptions

lower right on mount in graphite: Ansel Adams (underlined)

Wikidata ID

Q64144895

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