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Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park

A work made of gelatin silver print, no. 1 from "portfolio three: yosemite valley" (1959).
© The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print, no. 1 from "portfolio three: yosemite valley" (1959).

Date:

1927, printed 1959

Artist:

Ansel Adams
American, 1902–1984

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Ansel Adams

Title

Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1927

Medium

Gelatin silver print, No. 1 from "Portfolio Three: Yosemite Valley" (1959)

Edition

81 of 208

Inscriptions

Signed recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in graphite: Ansel Adams; inscribed verso, on mount, upper center, in graphite: Y6[?]; stamped and inscribed verso, on mount, center, in black and red ink: PORTFOLIO THREE / (Yosemite Valley) / ANSEL ADAMS / PRINT NO. [stamped in black ink] 1 [inscribed in red ink] of SET NO. [stamped in black ink] 81 [inscribed in red ink] / Published by / THE SIERRA CLUB / SAN FRANCISCO / 1959 / Reproduction Rights Reserved [stamped in black ink]

Dimensions

Image/paper: 28.1 × 20.7 cm (11 1/8 × 8 3/16 in.); Mount: 34.3 × 40.8 cm (13 9/16 × 16 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Photography Gallery Fund

Reference Number

1960.364

Copyright

© The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.

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