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Monolith: The Face of Half-Dome, Yosemite National Park, California
Monolith: The Face of Half-Dome, Yosemite National Park, California

Monolith: The Face of Half-Dome, Yosemite National Park, California

Artist Ansel Adams American, 1902–1984
Date1927, printed circa 1960
MediumGelatin-silver print, mounted
Dimensionsheight and width: 11 × 8 1/8 in. (27.9 × 20.6 cm)
frame: 20 3/8 × 15 5/16 × 1 1/2 in. (51.8 × 38.9 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineGift of the family of Julian T. Baker Jr. and the Estate of Julian T. Baker Jr.
Object number2012.1.1
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated Yosemite National Park, California, 1927; printed by the Sierra Club, San Francisco, ca. 1960. [Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2009]; Julian T. Baker Jr., Raleigh, NC; Julian T. Baker Jr. Estate; [Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2012]; sold to NCMA, 2012 [1].

[1] Baker’s will stated that his entire collection should be sold by the Etherton Gallery and the Gitterman Gallery and the proceeds would go to the estate, which were then given to the family. The family then gave the NCMA Foundation a portion of the estate for the purpose of buying 25 photographs from the two galleries (specific photos that had been in Baker’s collection).

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