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Artist or Maker: ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

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Description: ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite Valley, California, 1938
gelatin silver mural print, printed 1970-1975
title in ink and 'Carmel' credit stamp (on the reverse of the mount); 'Ansel Adams' credit label affixed (on the frame backing)
23½ x 30in. (60 x 76.5cm.)

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Notes: 'Everything I have done or felt in some way is influenced by the impact of the Natural Scene...I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.' (Ansel Adams, An Autobiography )