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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1948 Ansel Adams Oak Tree Snowstorm, Yosemite National Park Photograph Art Print
By Ansel Adams
Located in Secaucus, NJ
Fabulous 1948 Ansel Adams Oak Tree, Snowstorm, Yosemite National Park, California, photograph authorized high-quality fine art lithograph print, framed. One of the most celebrated an...
Aluminum
1932 Ansel Adams Pine Forest in Snow Yosemite National Park Photograph Art Print
By Ansel Adams
Located in Secaucus, NJ
Fabulous 1932 Ansel Adams Pine Forest in Snow, Yosemite National Park, California, photograph authorized high-quality fine art print, framed. One of the most notable and iconic black...
Aluminum
$3,850
H 12 in W 10 in D 0.1 in
"Asleep in the Hay, " Art Deco Print with Half-Nude Male by Lynd Ward, 1932
By Lynd Ward
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Famed for his woodcut book illustrations in the Art Deco era, Lynd Ward produced a series of dramatic images that reminded the reader of film noirs of the era, with spotlit figures in dark settings that seemed to presage flight, fear, hope and death. Unsigned plates from the books he illustrated are not uncommon, but signed prints such as this are rare. This image was an illustration for "Wild Pilgrimage" by Ward, published by Harrison Smith...
Paper
$240Sale Price|20% Off
H 9.75 in W 7 in D 0.25 in
Art Deco Maxfield Parrish Edison Mazda Calendar Print “Sunrise” c1932
Located in Big Flats, NY
A Maxfield Parrish print, titled "Sunrise," originally associated with Edison Mazda calendars from approximately 1932. This print exemplifies Parrish's distinctive style, characteriz...
Paper
$950
H 22 in W 32 in D 1 in
Frank Lloyd Wright Wasmuth Print Cheney House Oak Park IL Mission Arts & Crafts
By (after) Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Atlanta, GA
Architectural Wasmuth Print of the Cheney House in Oak Park, Illinois. This was originally drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903, and this print is circa 2000s. Nicely framed.
Glass, Wood, Paper
Ernst Fuchs 'Under the Snow Lilith' Print, 1969
By Ernst Fuchs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Surreal dry point etching, 'Under the Snow Lilith' by Ernst Fuchs, signed lower left, right, numbered '27/150,' mounted and framed, panel size (without frame): 10.5" x 13.5".
Paper
Ansel Adams - Images 1932-1974
By Ansel Adams
Located in New York, NY
"The love that Americans poured out for the work and person of Ansel Adams during his old age, and that they have continued to express with undiminished enthusiasm since his death, i...
$3,800 / set
H 21 in W 30.75 in D 0.75 in
Set of Four Fores' National Sports Equestrian Prints by Herring
By John Frederick Herring Jr
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing set of four equestrian mid 19th century aquatint plates that have been hand-colored. Fores' national sports series after John Frederick Herring who did commissions from Queen...
Wood, Paper
Print " Mado s'habille " from Carlos Bady, 1932, France
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant Art Deco pochoir illustration titled “Mado s’habille”, created in 1932 by French illustrator Carlos Bady. This work is part of the celebrated series “La Journée de Mado”, pub...
Paper
$168Sale Price|43% Off
H 30.25 in W 20.25 in D 1 in
1970s Georges Seurat - Bathers, Asnières - The National Gallery, London Print
By Georges Seurat
Located in San Carlos, CA
🎨 Introducing a Timeless Masterpiece: "Bathers, Asnières" Print by Georges-Pierre Seurat 🎨 Step into the world of French Post-Impressionism with our exquisite print featuring a ca...
Brass
$2,400
H 31.5 in W 20.75 in D 1.25 in
Marc Chagall: The Musée National Message biblique (Exhibition Print)
By Marc Chagall
Located in New York, NY
Original Vintage Exhibition poster by Marc Chagall in 1975 for japan to announce the opening of the Marc Chagall Musée National Message biblique. Printed by Mourlot.
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
Douglas Adams "The Putting Green" Framed Print
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful framed print entitled "The Putting Green" By Douglas Adams USA, 20th Century (Original was painted in London, 1893) Measures: 33"W x 1"D x 25"H (Including frame). Goo...
Wood
Sold|$1,295
H 5.99 in W 25 in D 1 in
Hand Colored Framed Print First National Lawn-Tennis Tournament Staten Island
Located in Topeka, KS
Marvelous vintage hand colored lithograph print framed art piece of the First National lawn-tennis tournament in Staten Island, New York printed in 1971, originally published in 1880...
Glass, Wood, Paper
Art Deco "Gymnastics" Print by Uzelac, for 1932 Olympics
By Milivoy Uzelac
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly conceived and printed in rich tones of burnt sienna and charcoal, this print by Milivoy Uzelac, shows the strong influence of Cubism, Neo-Classicism and Art Deco stylizat...
Ink, Paper
Yosemite and the Range of Light Ansel Adams Signed 1st Edition
By Ansel Adams
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Yosemite and the Range of Light Ansel Adams signed 1st edition. 1981, SIGNED by Ansel Adams on a special book plate in the middle of the first (blan...
Paper
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H 36.25 in W 24.25 in D 1 in
Ansel Adams Vintage National Gallery of Art 1985/86 Art Exhibition Poster Framed
By Ansel Adams
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A serene minimalist vintage poster depicting the Ansel Adams exhibition at The National Gallery of Art, Washington, October 6, 1985 - Januar...
Paper
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H 17.25 in W 14.25 in D 1 in
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-picked by Adams himself before his passing in 1984. This print was handcrafted from the artist's original negative by Alan Ross...
Paper
Ansel Adams, The Camera, New York Graphic Society, 1981
By New York Graphic Society, Ansel Adams
Located in Rochester, NY
Ansel Adams, the camera, the New Ansel Adams Photography Series, Book I, authorized poster by the New York Graphic Society, Copyright 1981, Th...
Brass
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H 36 in W 24 in D 0.75 in
Ansel Adams, Yosemite and the Range of Light, New York Graphic Society, 1981
By New York Graphic Society, Ansel Adams
Located in Rochester, NY
Ansel Adams, Yosemite and the range of light, authorized poster by The New York Graphic Society, 1981 - The trustees of the Ansel Adams publis...
Brass
Ansel Adams Mounted Print Story of a Winery
By Ansel Adams
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gnarly Vine by Ansel Adams (1904-1984). Mounted print on board from a gelatin silver print of rare vintage photos for Paul Mason Vineyards in 1962....
Wood
Negative by Ansel Adams
By Ansel Adams
Located in valatie, NY
The negative by Ansel Adams. Little, brown and company, Boston, 1995. This photography guide initially discusses light, film and exposure. A discussion of the zone system follows, in...
Paper
Pair of Books on Ansel Adams, First Edition
By Ansel Adams
Located in valatie, NY
Ansel Adams : An Autobiography by Ansel Adams and Mary Street Alinder. Little, Brown and Co., Boston, MA, 1985. First edition hardback with dust jacket. L...
Paper
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H 20 in W 16 in D 0.13 in
Ansel Adams Original Signed Gelatin Silver Print "Forest Detail, Winter"
By Ansel Adams
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Ansel Adams (1904-1984) original vintage photograph, gelatin silver print. Pencil signed with initials lower right, AA. Title: “Forest Detail, Winter” 9.38" H x 7 1/2" W image size. Archivally matted in a 20 x 16 inch mat. Printed by Alan Ross...
Paper
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H 20 in W 16 in D 0.13 in
Ansel Adams Signed Original Gelatin Silver Print, "Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite"
By Ansel Adams
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Ansel Adams (1904-1984) original vintage photograph, gelatin silver print. Pencil signed with initials lower right AA. Title: “Bridalveil Fall - Yosemite National Park, California". 9.38" H x 7 1/2" W image size. Archivally matted in a 20 x 16 mat. Printed by Alan Ross...