El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California

© The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust

El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California

Currently not on view

El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California,

ca. 1945

Ansel Adams, 1902–1984; born San Francisco, CA; died Monterey, CA; active San Francisco, CA and Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
x1971-121

Information

Title
El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California
Dates

ca. 1945

Maker
Ansel Adams
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
24.9 x 18.5 cm (9 13/16 x 7 5/16 in.) mount: 45.9 x 35.5 cm. (18 1/16 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David H. McAlpin, Class of 1920
Object Number
x1971-121
Signatures
signed on mount lower right below image
Inscription
inscriptions on card
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, photographs, oil paintings
Subject
rivers, mountains, trees, cliffs

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