Church at Ranchos De Taos, New Mexico

Artist Ansel Adams (American, 1902 - 1984)

Date1929

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 5 9/16 × 7 11/16 inches (14.13 × 19.53 cm)
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 9 15/16 inches (20 × 25.24 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3868

SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in pencil: "Ansel E Adams"

InscribedArtist's Label "Ansel Easton Adams / Parmelian Print No. 1492" Back of Mount Titled Back of Mount Pencil Description: below label [This label not present 2018]

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DescriptionMulti-sided stone or mud building against a cloudy sky.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

An American Century: From Dry-Plate to Digital, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, December 18, 1994 – February 19, 1995, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, March 10 – May 7, 1995, International Center of Photography, New York, NY, July 28 – October 22, 1995, Auckland Art City Art Gallery, November 17, 1995 – February 18, 1996, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, March 8 - May 6, 1996, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, May 16 – July 7, 1996; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA, August 28 – December 1, 1996; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL, January 17 – March 30, 1997, no. 56.

Rotation 5. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 15 –July 9, 2009, no cat.

Youth and Beauty: Art in the Twenties. Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY, October 28, 2011- January 29, 2012, Dallas Art Museum, March 4 - May 27, 2012, Cleveland Museum of Art, July 1- September 16, 2012, no. 182.

Gallery Label

Though Adams is best known for his meticulous technique and celebration of nature’s grandeur, this photograph stems from an important turning point in his early career. In this view of a famous adobe church—one of twelve images included in Taos Pueblo, a collaboration with the writer Mary Austin—Adams moved away from his earliest, soft-focus Pictorialist style to a simpler and bolder vision.

Provenance

Gallery Zur Stockeregg, Zurich, Switzerland;
Purchased from Gallery Zur Stockeregg by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1993;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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