Ansel Adams Art
American, 1902-1984
The San Francisco–born photographer Ansel Adams is celebrated for his majestic black-and-white photography that brought the deserts, mountains and forests of the American West to the public. His images, beloved for their raw beauty and the magic of their subjects, are known around the world and widely reproduced as calendars and posters.
A sickly child with little attraction to sports or games, Adams early on developed an avid interest in the natural surroundings of his San Francisco home, on the heights facing Golden Gate Park. This passion found a productive outlet in photography, which he discovered at 14, when his father gave him his first camera during a family trip to Yosemite National Park. He spent much of the ensuing decades capturing Yosemite’s vast and varied wonders.
Adams’s photographs were first published in 1921. Even these early efforts demonstrate his eye for composition and his sensitivity to tonal balance and textural contrast. In the mid-1920s, he began to play with soft focus, as in the dreamy 1927 Lyell Fork Meadows, which appears bathed in a hazy, nostalgic light. The 1948 Sunrise over Sand Dunes in Death Valley exemplifies Adams’s later experiments with stark contrasts in light and geometric framing, which transform the landscape into a near abstraction.
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Trailer - Camp Children, Richmond, California
By Ansel Adams
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Ansel Adams (United States, b. 1902-1984)
Trailer - Camp Children, Richmond, California, c. 1944, printed 1977
Signed in pencil on mount recto; Titled & dated in ink with artist's co...
Category
1940s Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ansel Adams Special Edition Yosemite Silver Gelatin Photograph Print Vernal Fall
By Ansel Adams
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image by famed American photographer Ansel Adams from his Yosemite series titled "Vernal Fall". The Yosemite special edition series consisted of 30 images that were hand-...
Category
20th Century American Modern Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Paper
Mt. Williamson and Boulders ~ Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Manzanar)
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front of the mount. Stamped and titled on the back. Printed late 1940s-early 1950s.
Category
20th Century Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mount Moran, Autumn
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front of the mount in ink. Stamped with Special Edition Yellowstone and The Grand Tetons on the back of the mount. Excellent. Two small white areas in sky original to p...
Category
20th Century Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Saguaro Cactus, Sunrise, Arizona by Ansel Adams Vintage print
By Ansel Adams
Located in London, GB
Saguaro Cactus, Sunrise, Arizona 1946
by Ansel Adams
A cactus appears to tower over the rest of the landscape of Arizona.
Unframed
Matted
Overall size : 12 x 16" inches / 31 x 41 c...
Category
1940s Modern Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Black and White
White Stumps, Sierra Nevada, CA
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed by the artist mount recto and with artist's stamp mount verso.
Category
20th Century Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tuscon, Arizona
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Original vintage gelatin silver photograph printed circa 1944 by Ansel Adams. Signed in pencil lower right on the front of the mount. Very good vintage condition: some silvering top ...
Category
1940s Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mountain Trees by Ansel Adams Vintage print
By Ansel Adams
Located in London, GB
Mountain Trees 1990
by Ansel Adams
A gorgeous shot of a mountain range surrounded by pine trees.
Unframed
Matted
Overall size : 12 x 16" inches / 31 x 41 cm
Image Size: 7.5" x 9.25...
Category
1950s Modern Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Black and White
Aspens, Northern New Mexico ~ Horizontal
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and numbered on the front of the mount by the artist. Stamped, dated and titled on the back. From Portfolio VII edition number 49/115. Printed in 1978.
Category
1950s Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Storm Surf, Timber Cove, CA
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front of the mount. Stamped, dated and titled with edition ‘40’ and ‘What Majestic Word’ stamp from Portfolio 4 on back of mount. #40 of the 260 editioned portfolio.
Category
Mid-20th Century Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lower Yosemite Fall
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front of the mount. Portfolio III stamp on back of the mount. Print is in very good condition. Mount is slightly 'yellowed' around edges. Minor surface emulsion flaw l...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Abode of Snow
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed with printed title on the front of the print. Very early parmelian print by Ansel Adams.
Category
1920s Ansel Adams Art
The Abode of Snow
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed with printed title on front of print. From 'Parmelian Prints of the High Sierra', limited edition of 100 copies.
Category
20th Century Ansel Adams Art
East Vidette
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed (AE Adams), titled, printed on the front of print. Rare vintage parmelian print from 1927.
Category
1920s Ansel Adams Art
Rare Vintage Silver Gelatin and Polaroid Photograph Prints Ansel Adams Portrait
By Ansel Adams
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Vintage Silver Gelatin and Polaroid Photograph Prints in Polaroid Photo Album.
These measure 10 x 8 4.25 x 3.25. it is a folder titled on it Custom Print by Polaroid the album i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Polaroid, Silver Gelatin
Rare Vintage Silver Gelatin and Polaroid Photograph Prints Ansel Adams Portrait
By Ansel Adams
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Vintage Silver Gelatin and Polaroid Photograph Prints in Polaroid Photo Album. it looks to be shot in a mirror.
These measure 10 x 8 4.25 x 3.25. it is a folder titled on it Cu...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Polaroid
Silverton, Colorado
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and numbered on the front of the mount by Ansel Adams. Stamped and titled on the back of the mount. From Portolio VI-4; 55/110. Printed in 1974.
Category
1970s Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rare Vintage Silver Gelatin and Polaroid Photograph Prints Ansel Adams Portrait
By Ansel Adams
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Vintage Silver Gelatin and Polaroid Photograph Prints in Polaroid Photo Album.
These measure 10 x 8 4.25 x 3.25. it is a folder titled on it Custom Print by Polaroid the album i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Polaroid, Silver Gelatin
Lyell Fork Meadows
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front of the print. Printed circa 1927.
Category
1920s Ansel Adams Art
Devils Crags from Palisade Creek Canyon, a Photograph by Ansel Adams
By Ansel Adams
Located in Toronto, CA
Artist Ansel Adams
Style Contemporary
Creation Year 1939
Period 1930-1939
Medium Photographic Paper
Category Black and White Photography
Handling Time 7-10 business days
Length 7
...
Category
1930s Modern Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Lithograph
Manzanita Twigs in Kings River Sierra, a Photograph by Ansel Adams
By Ansel Adams
Located in Toronto, CA
Artist Ansel Adams
Style Contemporary
Creation Year 1939
Period 1930-1939
Medium Photographic Paper
Category Black and White Photography
Handling Time 7-10 business days
Length 8.5
...
Category
1930s Modern Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona" Ansel Adams photograph
By Ansel Adams
Located in Danvers, MA
Pristine black and white photograph by renowned American photographer Ansel Adams. Known for his rich and sweeping landscapes capturing the majesty of the American West, Adams uses t...
Category
1960s Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mirror Lake, Yosemite, 1935
By Ansel Adams
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Ansel Adams, Mirror Lake, Yosemite, 1935. Gelatin silver print. Signed in ink mount recto with Special Edition stamp, title and numbering in ink verso. Likely printed in the 1960s u...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
White Sands National Monument, c. 1942
By Ansel Adams
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Ansel Adams, Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite, 1960. Gelatin silver print. This rare, glossy silver gelatin print is signed in pencil mount recto.
Category
Mid-20th Century Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sunset Prairie Creek Pacific Ocean
By Ansel Adams
Located in New York, NY
Hand-signed in pen/ink below the image lower right on the mount
which is Crescent illustration board.
The mount is approximately 18 x 14 inches
The photographer's old Carmel stu...
Category
1960s Modern Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite. c. 1927
By Ansel Adams
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Ansel Adams, Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite. c. 1927. Gelatin silver print. Signed on mount recto.
Category
Mid-20th Century Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Interior of Tumacoacori Mission, Arizona
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and numbered on front of mount. Portfolio VII stamp with title, negative and print dates on back of mount. From the limited edition of 115 of which there were 100 for sale cop...
Category
20th Century Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Leaf, Glacier Bay, Alaska, 1948
By Ansel Adams
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Ansel Adams, Yosemite Valley Moonrise, CA, 1944. Gelatin silver print. Signed in pencil mount recto with Adams' Carmel Studio stamp BMFA 11 with title in ink mount verso
Category
Mid-20th Century Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Autumn Storm, Las Trampas, Near Penasco, New Mexico, 1958
By Ansel Adams
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Ansel Adams, Autumn Storm, Las Trampas, Near Penasco, New Mexico, 1958. Printed 1981. Gelatin silver print. Southwest landscape photography.
Category
Mid-20th Century Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sunset Hills, CA, (Creek and rocks)
By Ansel Adams
Located in Westwood, NJ
Gallery 270 represents distinguished photographers of the 20th Century and the emergent photographers of the 21st Century from around the world. We place particular emphasis on mode...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Ansel Adams Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ansel Adams art for sale on 1stDibs
A wide variety of authentic Ansel Adams art is available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Ansel Adams in silver gelatin print, polaroid, lithograph and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th Century and is mostly associated with the Modern style. Not every interior allows for large Ansel Adams art, so small editions measuring 7 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the works of Kevin Westenberg, Howard Schatz and Edward Feingersh. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,800 and tops out at $75,000 while the average work can sell for $9,500.
