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Ansel Adams
Monolith, The Face Of Half Domecirca 1926, printed 1960

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Black and white photograph of a towering granite cliff face, dramatically lit from the left with deep shadows in vertical rock striations, snow-covered terrain below

Ansel Adams, Monolith, The Face Of Half Dome, circa 1926, printed 1960, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, digital file © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ansel Adams
Title
Monolith, The Face Of Half Dome
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1926, printed 1960
Medium
Gelatin-silver print
Dimensions
Mount: 18 x 14
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.66.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust