Maroon Bells

Artist Ansel Adams American, 1902–1984

DateNegative: 1951, printed: 1974

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensionsheight and width (print): 16 × 2 0in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
height and width (image): 15 × 18 1/2 in. (38.1 × 47 cm)
height, width, and depth (framed): 23 × 29 × 1 1/2 in. (58.4 × 73.7 × 3.8 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineGift of Mary and Jim Patton

Object number2025.8.1

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ProvenanceCreated by artist: Negative taken, 1951, printed, 1974; Gifted by artist to John Sexton; Sold to Mary Patton (1929–2014) and James R. Patton, Jr. (1928–2020), Snowmass Village, CO, July 1992; Bequeathed to James Macon Patton and Lindsay Patton Kull, 2020; Given to NCMA, 2025.Published ReferencesJohn Szarkowski, The Portfolios of Ansel Adams (New York: Little Brown and Company, New York, 1998), unpaginated. Object Rights Statement

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