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Monolith, The Face of Halfdome, Yosemite
Monolith, The Face of Halfdome, Yosemite

Monolith, The Face of Halfdome, Yosemite

Artist Ansel Adams (American, 1902 - 1984)
Date1927
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 15/16 × 6 inches (20.16 × 15.24 cm)
Mount: 13 3/16 × 10 15/16 inches (33.5 × 27.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.652
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of a vertical, rocky mountain peak in right of frame, snow covered ground, and dark sky in left of frame.Exhibition History

Selections from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Alexandria Museum, Alexandria, LA, July 2 - August 21, 1988, Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, OK, September 8 - September 30, 1988, Cottey College, Nevada, MO, October 31 - November 11, 1988, no cat.

Masterworks 1900-1960: Photographs from the Hallmark Cards, Inc. Collection. Light Factory, Charlotte, NC, September 8 - 9 October 9, 1992, no cat.

Majestic Landscapes. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO, October 11 - November 25, 2002, no cat.

Provenance
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1987;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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