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Artist or Maker: ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

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Description: ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Cedar Tree, Cliffs, Yosemite Valley, c. 1939
gelatin silver mural print, printed 1970-1975
38 1/8 x 20¾in. (97 x 70.5cm.); flush-mounted

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Notes: 'In the pursuit of his private intuition, Adams made landscape photographs that are unlike those of any other photographer. The best of them possess a tenseness - an edgy, nervous vitality - that is only barely contained.' (John Szarkowski, Ansel Adams at 100 )


There is another, smaller sized print of this image in the collection - lot 1076