El Captian, Winter

Ansel Easton Adams, American, 1902 - 1984

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negative 1950; print after 1984

Gelatin silver print

Overall: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein

2010.84.9

Printer

Alan Ross

Geography

Place Imaged: El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, United States, North America

Place Imaged: To-tock-ah-noo-lah (Southern Sierra Miwok), Ahwahnee

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Printed, on reverse of mount; BY ANSEL ADAMS/ El Capitan; special edition print, printed by Alan Ross

Course History

ENGL 7.5, Writing Wild, Patricia McKee, Spring 2019

Provenance

Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite National Park, California; sold to Jane and Raphael Bernstein, Ridgewood, New Jersey, December 7th 1976; lent to present collection, 2010; given to present collection, 2013.

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