Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico

Photography and Media

1941, printed c. 1975

Ansel Adams
American, 1902–1984

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Ansel Adams
Title: Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico
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 1941
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Signed recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in graphite: "Ansel Adams"; stamped and inscribed verso, on mount, center, in black ink: "Photograph by Ansel Adams [stamped] / Moonrise / Hernandez, New Mexico c. 1942 [inscribed] / Route 1 Box 181 Carmel, California 93921 [stamped]"
Dimensions: Image/paper: 39.5 × 49.6 cm (15 9/16 × 19 9/16 in.); Mount: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 1/16 × 28 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Harris Trust and Savings Bank
Reference Number: 1980.172
Copyright: © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.

Matthew S. Witkovsky et al., “The Art Institute of Chicago Field Guide to Photography and Media,” eds. Antawan I. Byrd, Elizabeth Siegel, and Carl Fuldner, pl. 166, p. 181 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2023).

Art Institute of Chicago, “Out of a Dark Room: Photographic Variations from the Permanent Collection,” April 15–September 10, 1995. (Sylvia Wolf)
Art Institute of Chicago, “From Darkroom to Digital: Photographic Variations,” November 19, 2005–February 26, 2006. (Elizabeth Siegel)
Art Institute of Chicago, “When Collecting Was New: Photographs from the Robert A. Taub Collection,” December 15, 2012–May 12, 2013. (Michal Raz-Russo)
Art Institute of Chicago, “A Field Guide to Photography and Media,” Nov. 10, 2022–Apr. 10, 2023.

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