Moonrise from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California

© The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust

Moonrise from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California

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Moonrise from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California,

ca. 1955

Ansel Adams, 1902–1984; born San Francisco, CA; died Monterey, CA; active San Francisco, CA and Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
x1978-81

Information

Title
Moonrise from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California
Dates

ca. 1955

Maker
Ansel Adams
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
17.9 x 24.6 cm (7 1/16 x 9 11/16 in.) mount: 34.2 x 41.9 cm. (13 7/16 x 16 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of F. Jeffris Elliott
Object Number
x1978-81
Place Depicted

North America, United States, California, Yosemite National Park

Signatures
Signed in gray ink on mount lower right
Inscription
Signed in gray ink, on mount lower right: Ansel Adams Studio stamp with ink numbers and title, verso center: Special Edition of Fine Prints / Photographs of Yosemite / by / Ansel Adams / this print 238 of S.E.Y. No. 18 / Moonrise from Glacier Point.
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
mounting, gelatin silver process
Subject
rock (inorganic material), sky, mountains, moons, trees, landscapes (representations)

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