About the Artwork
No place had a more lasting influence on Ansel Adams than California’s Yosemite National Park. He first went there at the age of fourteen and returned almost every year for the rest of his life. Adams was fascinated with interpreting the ephemeral qualities of light and variable weather conditions, as seen here in a winter view of one of Yosemite’s most iconic rock formations, known as Half Dome. In the park, Adams came to understand the power of photographs to go beyond simple visual descriptions to convey emotions and meaning.
Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite Valley
ca. 1938, printed between 1963 and 1971
Ansel Adams
1902-1984
American
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Gelatin silver print
Image: 15 1/8 × 19 1/2 inches (38.4 × 49.5 cm) Mount: 22 × 28 inches (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
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Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund
71.116
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Markings
Signed in black pen and ink, lower right, on mount: Ansel Adams.
In black ink, stamped, on verso of mount, upper center: PHOTOGRAPH | BY | ANSEL ADAMS | ROUTE 1, BOX 181 | CARMEL, CALIFORNIA | TITLE Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite Valley [handwritten in pen, underscored] | CREDIT: | DATE, FILM.
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1971-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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“Family Art Game.” DIA Advertising Supplement, Detroit Free Press, April 27, 1980, p. 11 (ill.).
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Ansel Adams, Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite Valley, ca. 1938, printed between 1963 and 1971, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 71.116.
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