Leaves, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington

c. 1942, printed 1981

Ansel Adams

Associated Names
Ansel Adams

Artist, American, 1902 - 1984

This grayscale photograph features a dense arrangement of large, overlapping leaves seen from above. Many of the leaves at the bottom look like fern leaves, while the ones at the top are a variety of shapes. There are some small white blossoms present among the foliage. The leaves appear to be wet, and many are covered with small drops of water.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Virginia B. Adams

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36.9 x 47.5 cm (14 1/2 x 18 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.3.46

  • Series Title

    Museum Set

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Images 1974, 68.

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: 49.

Inscriptions

lower right on mount in graphite: Ansel Adams

Wikidata ID

Q64144901

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