Call Number:

PH-00039

Collection Name:

Ansel Adams Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

5 boxes (35 items)

Span Dates:

1929-1960

Description:

The collection consists of thirty-five photographs by Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984). Eighteen of the photographs are from Adams' Yosemite Special Edition series, two prints are from Portfolio I (San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1948), four prints are from Portfolio II: The National Parks & Monuments (San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1950), and three prints are from Portfolio VI (New York: Parasol Press, 1974). Titles and dates for prints from portfolios were taken from the portfolio indexes. Standardized titles and dates for all other items were taken from the Center for Creative Photography’s comprehensive website. Item-level information follows. 964:0879:0001 -- Dead tree, Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona, 1947, printed 1950. Portfolio II, plate 11. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 18.9 cm (print); 42 x 34.3 cm (mount); 964:0879:0002 -- Forest, early morning, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, 1949, printed 1950. Portfolio II, plate 2. Gelatin silver print, 24.1 x 19.1 cm (print); 42.1 x 34.3 cm (mount); 964:0879:0003 -- Roots, Foster Gardens, Honolulu, T.H., 1948, printed 1948. Portfolio I, plate 8. Gelatin silver print, 18.6 x 15.2 cm (print); 42 x 34.3 cm (mount); 964:0879:0004 -- Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Monument, California, 1942, printed 1950. Portfolio II, plate 12. Gelatin silver print, 23.3 x 18.4 cm (print); 42 x 34.3 cm (mount); 964:0879:0005 -- Oak Tree, Snow Storm, Yosemite, 1948, printed 1948. Portfolio I, plate 9. Gelatin silver print, 23.6 x 18.5 cm (print); 42 x 34.3 cm (mount); 964:0879:0006 -- Grass in Rain, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska, 1948. Gelatin silver print, 22.7 x 33.4 cm (print); 35.6 x 45.8 cm (mount); 964:0879:0007 -- Rose and Driftwood, San Francisco, circa 1932. Gelatin silver print, 22.8 x 28.7 cm (print); 35.5 x 45.8 cm (mount); 964:0879:0008 -- In Joshua Tree National Monument, California, 1942, printed 1950. Portfolio II, plate 9. Gelatin silver print, 18.8 x 23.9 cm (print); 32.6 x 39.4 cm (mount); 964:0879:0009 -- Boards and Thistles, South San Francisco, 1932. Gelatin silver print, 23.1 x 16.7 cm (print); 38.7 x 33.1 cm (mount); 964:0879:0010 -- Pine Cone and Eucalyptus Leaves, San Francisco, California, 1932. Gelatin silver print, 25.3 x 32.4 cm (print); 35.7 x 45.9 cm (mount); 980:0166:0001 -- [William Edward Colby and Two Unidentified Men], 1929. Gelatin silver print, 15.1 x 20.1 cm (image); 25 x 30.2 cm (sheet); 998:0045:0001 -- [Robert Balzer at the Vow Rock], 1960. Diffusion transfer print, 10.4 x 8.4 cm; 2015:0036:0001 -- Yosemite Valley, circa 1933. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 19 x 24.7 cm (print); 32.8 x 40.4 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0002 -- Bridalveil Fall, circa 1927. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 24.7 x 19.6 cm (print); 40.5 x 32.8 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0003 -- El Capitan, 1952. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 18.1 cm (print); 40.4 x 32.4 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0004 -- Yosemite Falls, undated. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 24.1 x 18.4 cm (print); 40.5 x 32.8 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0005 -- Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, circa 1938. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 19.5 x 24.2 cm (print); 32.8 x 40.4 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0006 -- Mirror Lake, 1935. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 19.4 x 24.3 cm (print); 32.4 x 40.4 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0007 -- Jeffrey Pine, 1945. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 17.9 x 23 cm (print); 32.8 x 40.3 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0008 -- Lake Tenaya, circa 1946. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 19.3 x 23.9 cm (print); 32.8 x 40.4 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0009 -- Morning, Merced River Canyon, circa 1950. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 19.1 x 24.4 cm (print); 32.8 x 40.4 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0010 -- Forest Detail, Winter, circa 1949. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 24.7 x 19.5 cm (print); 40.4 x 32.8 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0011 -- Oak Tree, Snow Storm, 1948. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 24.6 x 19.9 cm (print); 40.4 x 32.8 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0012 -- Moon and Half Dome, 1960. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 25 x 19 cm (print); 40.5 x 32.8 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0013 -- Upper Yosemite Falls, Spring, circa 1960. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 24.3 x 18.6 cm (print); 40.5 x 32.8 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0014 -- Ferns, 1948. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 23.9 x 18.4 cm (print); 40.4 x 32.9 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0015 -- Mt. Lyell and Mt. McClure, circa 1936. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 19.7 x 24.7 cm (print); 32.9 x 40.4 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0016 -- Young Oaks, Winter, 1950. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 19.3 x 24.7 cm (print); 32.9 x 40.5 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0017 -- El Capitan, Winter, circa 1952. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 24.3 x 18.9 cm (print); 40.2 x 32.9 cm (mount); 2015:0036:0018 -- Moonrise from Glacier Point, 1948. Yosemite Special Edition. Gelatin silver print, 18.8 x 24 cm (print); 32.9 x 40.4 cm (mount); 2017:0012:0001 -- Two Men on Porch, Hornitos, California, circa 1934, printed 1974. Gelatin silver print, 34.4 x 25. 5 cm (image); 45.5 x 35.4 cm (mount); 2017:0012:0002 -- Itinerant, Merced, California, 1937, printed 1973. Gelatin silver print, 33.8 x 23.3 cm (print); 45.5 x 35.3 cm (mount); 2018:0008:0001 -- Antelope House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, 1942, printed 1974. Portfolio VI, plate 2. Gelatin silver print, 50 x 39 cm (print); 70.9 x 55.7 cm (mount); 2018:0008:0002 -- Silverton, Colorado, 1951, printed 1974. Portfolio VI, plate 4. Gelatin silver print, 38.8 x 49.3 cm (print); 55.9 x 70.9 cm (mount); 2018:0008:0003 -- Fresh Snow, Yosemite Valley, California, circa 1947, printed 1974. Portfolio VI, plate 9. Gelatin silver print, 39.3 x 48.2 cm (print); 55.7 x 70.9 cm (mount); 2018:0008:0004 -- Portfolio VI title page, half title page, forward, index of prints, interleaving sheets (2), colophon, and note, 71.1 x 55.7 cm or smaller. The donors' original correspondence and purchase documents for 2018:0008:0001-0004 are available upon request.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00695

Location(s):

Curatorial permission required (2018:0008:0001-0003)
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Adams, A., Box 1 (964:0879:0001-0005)
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Adams, A., Box 2 (964:0879:0006-0010)
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Adams, A., Box 3 (2015:0036:0001-0005)
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Adams, A., Box 4 (2015:0036:0006-0010)
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Adams, A., Box 5 (2015:0036:0011-0015)
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Adams, A., Box 6 (2015:0036:0016-0018; 2017:0012:0001-0002)
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See Also:

Sierra Club Outing 1929: A portfolio by Adams, entitled Sierra Club Outing 1929, can also be found in the collection (PH-00501).

What Majestic Word: In Memory of Russell Varian. Portfolio IV: A portfolio by Adams, entitled What Majestic Word: In Memory of Russell Varian, can also be found in the collection (PH-00502).

Mabel Dodge Luhan Literary File Photography Collection: An additional photograph by Ansel Adams (958:0079:0002) can be found in the Mabel Dodge Luhan Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02864).