id: 153323
accession number: 1986.35
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Untitled (Wild Flowers and Rock), c. 1930. Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984). Gelatin silver print; image: 20.1 x 15.2 cm (7 15/16 x 6 in.); paper: 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1986.35 © Trustees of the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust
title: Untitled (Wild Flowers and Rock)
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creation date: c. 1930
creation date earliest: 1925
creation date latest: 1935
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
copyright: © Trustees of the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: gelatin silver print
department: Photography
collection: PH - American 1900-1950
type: Photograph
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CREATORS
* Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984) - artist
Ansel Adams American, 1902-1984
San Francisco-born Ansel Adams took his first photograph in 1916. More than a dozen years later (during which time he also trained as a concert pianist), he decided on photography as a career. A master of the natural landscape photograph, Adams became famous for his spectacular, reverential images of the American West. He also was known for his technical skill, conceiving the zone system method of exposure and development control.
An advocate of straight, unmanipulated photography, in 1932 Adams cofounded Group f/64 (among the other founding members were Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston, and Willard Van Dyke), and that year exhibited his work with the group at San Francisco's M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. In 1936 his images were featured in a one-person exhibition at Alfred Stieglitz's New York gallery, An American Place, and three years later he took part in group exhibitions at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1940 Adams helped found the department of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, and later in the decade was awarded two fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to photograph America's national parks.
Beginning in the 1930s and continuing throughout his long, productive career, Adams published numerous books and portfolios of his images. His technical books on photography, including Making a Photograph, Basic Photo Series, and Polaroid Land Photography Manual, were also popular. Adams was influential not only as a photographer but also as a teacher, lecturer, and conservationist. In 1980 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor. M.M.
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measurements: Image: 20.1 x 15.2 cm (7 15/16 x 6 in.); Paper: 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review for 1986
opening date: 1987-02-04T05:00:00
Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).
title: Legacy of Light: Seven Masters in Depth
opening date: 1996-11-20T05:00:00
Legacy of Light: Seven Masters in Depth. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 20-February 2, 1996).
title: In Praise of Nature: Ansel Adams and Photographers of the American West
opening date: 1999-10-30T00:00:00
In Praise of Nature: Ansel Adams and Photographers of the American West. Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1999-January 2, 2000); Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (January 20-March 19, 2000).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, February 4 - March 15, 1987: "Year in Review 1986," CMA Bulletin, 74 (February 1987), p. 63, no. 52.', 'opening_date': '1987-02-04T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Seven Masters in Depth."', 'opening_date': '1997-02-02T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Donald Tressider; Oliene Tressider Mintzer
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
page number: Reproduced: P. 77
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