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On The Heights, Yosemite Valley

A work made of gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "parmelian prints of the high sierras" (1927).
© The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "parmelian prints of the high sierras" (1927).

Date:

1927

Artist:

Ansel Adams
American, 1902–1984

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Ansel Adams

Title

On The Heights, Yosemite Valley

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1927

Medium

Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower right, below image, in graphite: "A Adams"; printed recto, lower center, in black ink: "ON THE HEIGHTS"; unmarked verso

Dimensions

Image: 15.1 × 20.2 cm (6 × 8 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 30.1 cm (9 15/16 × 11 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edward C. Porter

Reference Number

1964.90e

Copyright

© The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.

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