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accession number: 1992.179
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Cascade, Glacier National Park, Montana, 1942. Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984). Vintage gelatin silver print; image: 31.7 x 20.5 cm (12 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.); matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Carol and Mike Sherwin 1992.179 © Trustees of the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust
title: Cascade, Glacier National Park, Montana
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creation date: 1942
creation date earliest: 1942
creation date latest: 1942
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creditline: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Carol and Mike Sherwin
copyright: © Trustees of the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: Vintage 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: 31.7 x 20.5 cm (12 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)
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inscription: Written in pencil on recto: "Ansel Adams [signed]"; in blue ink on verso: "ADAMS-U.S. -3-N.PS.-47"; "Waterfall/Glacier National Park"; "$1500/(c)/Redman"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary
opening date: 1992-10-27T05:00:00
Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).
title: Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 1996-11-24T05:00:00
Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
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).
title: Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2007-06-24T00:00:00
Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-September 16, 2007).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, October 27, 1992 - January 3, 1993: "Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum\'s Seventy-Fifth Anniversary," CMA Bulletin, 80 (February 1993), p. 67, no. 71, repr. p. 64.', 'opening_date': '1992-10-27T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, October 15, 1993 - January 9, 1994: "Ansel Adams from the Permanent Collection," no exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '1993-10-15T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art."', 'opening_date': '1997-02-02T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (6/24/07 - 9/16/07); "Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art", no exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '2007-06-24T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
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CITATIONS
Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79.
page number: Reproduced: p. 64; Mentioned p. 67
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161388
Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
page number: Reproduced: P. 73
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