Ansel Adams — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

‘Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine’, 1944

Sotheby's

$28,000

‘Saint Francis Church, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico’, 1929

Sotheby's

$8,500

‘Signal Hill, Long Beach, California (Oil Derricks and Monument)’, 1939

Sotheby's

Ansel Adams (1902-1984); Half Dome, Orchard, Winter, Yosemite National Park;

Bonhams

$17,000

Mar 2026

Bonhams

Ansel Adams (1902-1984); Monolith - The Face of Half Dome (Parmelian Print);

$14,000

Mar 2026

Bonhams

Ansel Adams (1902-1984); Oaktree, Snowstorm, Yosemite National Park;

$6,500

Mar 2026

Bonhams

Ansel Adams (1902-1984); Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada, From Lone Pine, California;

$26,000

Feb 2026

Christie's

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

'Georgia O’Keeffe and Friend (Orville Cox), Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona', 1937

Jan 2026

Sotheby's

$55,000

'Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park'

Sotheby's

$50,000

‘Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California’, 1944

Sotheby's

$45,000

'Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico', 1941

Sotheby's

$30,000

'Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona', 1942

Sotheby's

$24,000

'Pine Cone and Eucalyptus Leaves'

Sotheby's

$16,000

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Sotheby's

$500,000

'The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming', 1942

Sotheby's

$120,000

‘Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California’

Sotheby's

$55,000

Teton Landscapes (3 photographs)

Sotheby's

$40,000

At Timber Cove, North Coast, California, 1960

Sotheby's

$35,000

‘Aspens, New Mexico’ (Vertical), 1958

Sotheby's

$30,000

‘North Redwood, California’ (Bull Creek Flat)

Sotheby's

$6,500

'San Francisco from San Bruno Mountain, California'

Sotheby's

‘Evening Clouds and Pool, East Side of the Sierra Nevada from the Owens Valley, California’

Sotheby's

Fence, South San Francisco, 1932

Sotheby's

Half Dome with Blowing Snow, 1955

For Sale 16

GALLERY M · Artsy

Price on request

Gelatin Silver Print

The Ansel Adams Gallery · Artsy

Milestone Mountain, 1923

US$8,950

Gelatin Silver Photograph

Brightcolors · 1stDibs

Mudhills, Arizona, 1947

Moth and Stump, Interglacial Forest, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska

$8,000

Rapids Below Vernal Fall, Yosemite, CA

$7,500

East Vidette

$9,500

The Abode of Snow

The Abode of Snow

Lyell Fork Meadows

$18,000

Buddhist Grave Markers and Rainbow, Maui, Hawaii

$15,000

Silverton, Colorado

$30,000

White Stumps, Sierra Nevada, CA

Cedar Fence, Pojoaque, New Mexico

$8,000

Roots, Foster Gardens, Honolulu

Hoover Dam, Power Generator, Nevada

$7,500

Roots, Foster Gardens, Honolulu

$8,000

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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Yosemite Falls, Spring

Museum of Contemporary Photography · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2025:24 · Gelatin silver print

Garnet Lake, California

National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2025.100.57 · diffusion transfer print (Polaroid)

The Image Continuum Journal 2

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2025.363 · Printed journal with gelatin silver prints

Leaves, Mills College, Oakland, California

Princeton University Art Museum · Princeton, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession 2024-542 · Gelatin silver print

Aspens (Vertical), Northern New Mexico

Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession 2024.166 · gelatin silver print

Grave Railing, Las Trampas Church, NM

Princeton University Art Museum · Princeton, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023-192 · Gelatin silver print

Ferns, Valley Floor, Yosemite National Park, California

National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2020 · Accession 2020.156.1 · gelatin silver print

Nasturtiums

National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2020 · Accession 2020.155.4 · gelatin silver print

Boards and Thistles

National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2020 · Accession 2020.29.84 · gelatin silver print

Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California

National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2020 · Accession 2020.29.46 · gelatin silver print

Half Dome and Moon, Yosemite Valley

National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2020 · Accession 2020.29.45 · gelatin silver print

Winter Morning, Yosemite Valley, Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2020 · Accession 2020.137.128.A,.B · Offset lithograph on metal; plastic lid

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Market3,722 auction results

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$375 – $930K

913 of 1,036 photographs lots with prices

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$35.0K

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$14.4K

913 priced photographs lots

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May 2026 · $1.5K

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Photographs: $14.4K medianPaintings: $4.8K medianWorks on paper: $640 medianBooks/portfolios: $7.5K medianEditioned photos: $3.3K medianUnclassified lots: $4.0K median

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Prizes & Awards1

Hasselblad Award

Winner 1981

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Publications5

Monograph 2

Ansel Adams Author

Thames & Hudson · 2004

Shoot What You Love: Tips and Tales from a Working Photographer

Phaidon Press

Exhibition Catalog 1

From Polaroid to Impossible: Masterpieces of Instant Photography

Hatje Cantz · 2012

Survey 2

Tree: Exploring the Arboreal World

Phaidon Press · 2024

The American Art Book

Phaidon Press

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Current Exhibitions1

Blowing Rock Art and History Museum

Silver & Smoke: George Masa & Ansel Adams

George Masa, Ansel Adams

May 9, 2026 — Oct 4, 2026

George Masa, Ansel Adams — May 9, 2026 – October 4, 2026

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Comment | Furor over ‘colourised’ Ansel Adams photo reflects problems with the art market, not AI

At the Aipad Photography Show in April, gallerist James Danziger presented and sold a colorized version of Ansel Adams's iconic black-and-white photog…

marketJun 2, 2026

Pioneering Kinetic Artist Julio Le Parc Dies Aged 97—and More Art Industry News

Argentine kinetic and optical art pioneer Julio Le Parc has died at age 97. In other art industry news, François-Henri Pinault has been appointed boar…

newsJun 1, 2026

What a $181 Million Pollock Doesn’t Say

Hyperallergic reports that while headlines touted a $181.2 million Jackson Pollock sale and a $107.6 million Brancusi at Christie’s spring evening sal…

marketJun 1, 2026

In Minor Keys, Khaled Sabsabi, Louvre Heist Film

This week's Hyperallergic newsletter covers a range of art news, headlined by a feature interview with Khaled Sabsabi, the Lebanese-born, Sydney-based…

newsMay 30, 2026

Bad moon rising: AI debate erupts over ‘colourised’ version of a classic Ansel Adams photo

The New York gallery Danziger displayed an AI-generated colorized version of Ansel Adams's iconic photograph *Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico* (1941) …

newsMay 27, 2026

Haegue Yang’s Meditations on Exile

Haegue Yang's exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, uses Venetian blinds to explore themes of exile, division, and asymmetry, as …

newsMay 27, 2026

Ansel Adams Trust Decries Dealer's Sale of Photo Colorized Using AI

The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust has publicly condemned New York gallerist Peter Danziger for selling AI-colorized editions of Adams's iconic p…

newsMay 26, 2026

A Night at the museum

Artis—Naples is hosting its free Art After Hours program at The Baker Museum throughout the summer, offering free admission on the last Wednesday of e…

localMay 26, 2026

Ansel Adams Trust Slams Gallery for AI-Generated Work at AIPAD Photography Show

The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust publicly condemned Danziger Gallery for exhibiting and offering for sale an AI-generated artwork at the 2026 A…

newsMay 23, 2026

The San Juan Islands Museum of Art Summer 2026 Exhibitions include Photography, etching, glass sculpture and feather sculpture

The San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA) in Friday Harbor, Washington, will present three exhibitions from June 11 to September 14, 2026, featuring …

exhibitionsMay 17, 2026

Exciting evolution for SJIMA

Blake DeYoung is stepping down as Executive Director of the San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA) at the end of May to become Executive Director of t…

peopleMay 16, 2026

MUUS Collection Acquires Todd Webb Archive, Expanding Its Story of 20th-Century American Photography

MUUS Collection has acquired the archive of American photographer Todd Webb (1905–2000), adding approximately 15,000 prints, 50,000 negatives, ephemer…

marketMay 14, 2026

Why Contemporary Artists Are Raiding the Renaissance Toolkit

Three contemporary artists—Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Bühler-Rose, and Nick Doyle—are reviving the Renaissance woodworking techniques of intarsi…

exhibitionsMay 8, 2026

National Gallery of Art’s New Exhibit Examines the American Experience

The article describes a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Art that examines the American experience through visual art. The show brings togeth…

exhibitionsMay 7, 2026

The Center for Creative Photography acquires nine significant archives

The Center for Creative Photography (CCP) at the University of Arizona has announced the acquisition of nine significant photography archives, includi…

newsMay 6, 2026

Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy closing for summer, but 37 other exhibitions on view at museums in May

The article provides a roundup of museum exhibitions on view in Southwest Florida during May, highlighting five new openings, eight closings, and 25 c…

exhibitionsMay 4, 2026

Landmark Exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Unites U.S. Bicentennial Photography Surveys for the First Time

The Smithsonian American Art Museum will present "Much Here Is Beautiful: Photography Surveys of the U.S. Bicentennial," a landmark exhibition opening…

exhibitionsApr 29, 2026

Exhibition | Nick DOYLE, 'Collective Hallucinations' at Perrotin, New York, United States

Perrotin gallery in New York presents 'Collective Hallcinations', an exhibition of new works by Brooklyn-based artist Nick Doyle. The show features wa…

exhibitionsApr 24, 2026

In an Age of Image Overload, AIPAD’s The Photography Show Reminds Us What a Photograph Can Do

The 2026 Photography Show, organized by AIPAD, opened to VIPs on April 22 at the Park Avenue Armory with record attendance and strong early sales. Fea…

exhibitionsApr 23, 2026

This California Art Show From Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Pairs Major Artists With a Stunning Pacific Backdrop

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego is hosting "Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys," an exhibition featuring ove…

exhibitionsApr 23, 2026

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Past Exhibitions15

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#2,618 ATLAS Gallery

Legacy of Light: 200 Years of Photography

Paul Strand, Irving Penn, Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bill Brandt, Elliott Erwitt, Mario Giacomelli, Dorothea Lange, Daido Moriyama, Steve Schapiro, Harry Benson, Margaret Bourke-White, Patrick Demarchelier, William Klein, Saul Leiter, Marc Riboud, W. Eugene Smith, Yamamoto Masao, Alexander Rodchenko, Andreas Feininger, Franco Fontana, Horst P. Horst, Tina Modotti, Jeanloup Sieff, Willy Ronis, Steve McCurry, Barry Lategan, Eve Arnold, Thomas Hoepker, Joe Rosenthal, John Dominis, David Bailey, Herbert George Ponting, Leni Riefenstahl, Alberto Korda, Lewis Morley, Rudolf Koppitz, Jürgen Schadeberg, Terence Donovan, Iain Macmillan, Cornell Capa, George Hoyningen-Huene, Harold Edgerton

49 Dorset St, London W1U 7NF, United Kingdom

Mar 27, 2026 — May 30, 2026

Lost in the Wilderness: Ansel Adams in the 1960s

#6,773 UCR ARTS block

Ansel Adams

3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501, United States

Jan 2, 2025 — Apr 2, 2025

Ansel Adams: an Exhibition in Wine Country

Scott Nichols Gallery

Ansel Adams

1310 4th. Street

Jul 22, 2023 — Oct 14, 2023

Ansel Adams and the Legacy of the American Landscape: Photographs from the NBMAA

New Britain Museum of American Art

Ansel Adams

56 Lexington St, New Britain, CT 06052, USA

Jan 19, 2023 — Jun 4, 2023

Ansel Adams and the Legacy of the American Landscape: Photographs from the NBMAA January 19, 2023 - June 04, 2023 Among the most revered photographers of the...

California Palace of the Legion of Honor

Ansel Adams in Our Time

Ansel Adams, Carleton Watkins, Eadweard Muybridge, Trevor Paglen, Will Wilson, Catherine Opie, Richard Misrach

100 34th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA

Jan 1, 2023

Ansel Adams in Our Time Apr 8 – Aug 6, 2023 de Young Exhibition

Surf Sequence by Ansel Adams

Cantor Arts Center

Ansel Adams

Nov 20, 2019 — May 18, 2020

Temporary Exhibition Surf Sequence by Ansel Adams November 20, 2019–May 18, 2020

Ansel Adams: Landscapes of the American West

#2,618 ATLAS Gallery

Ansel Adams

49 Dorset St, London W1U 7NF, United Kingdom

Nov 30, 2018 — Feb 2, 2019

#1,696 Photography West Gallery

The Donohue Collection

Ansel Adams

Dolores Street at Ocean Avenue (SE Corner)

Nov 1, 2018 — Dec 31, 2018

Ansel Adams: Yosemite Valley

New Britain Museum of American Art

Ansel Adams

56 Lexington St, New Britain, CT 06052, USA

Dec 8, 2016 — Apr 30, 2017

Ansel Adams: Yosemite Valley December 08, 2016 - April 30, 2017 Celebrating the National Park Service’s centennial year, this exhibition presents Portfolio I...

Revolutionary Vision: Group f/64 and Richard Misrach Photographs From the Bank of America Collection

Autry Museum of the American West

Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Richard Misrach, Edward Weston

Griffith Park, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA

Jun 4, 2016 — Sep 2, 2016

Ansel Adams Classic Images

#489 Robert Mann Gallery

Ansel Adams

508 W 26th St Suite 9F, New York, NY 10001, USA

Oct 23, 2014 — Dec 6, 2014

Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: The Hawai’i Pictures

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Georgia O’Keeffe, Ansel Adams

217 Johnson St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA

Feb 7, 2014 — Sep 17, 2014

Georgia O’Keeffe, Ansel Adams — February 7, 2014 – September 17, 2014

Harry Ransom Center

Ansel Adams: A Legacy

Ansel Adams

The University of Texas at Austin, 300 W 21st St, Austin, TX 78712, USA

Aug 9, 2005 — Jan 1, 2006

Ansel Adams — August 9, 2005 – January 1, 2006

Ansel Adams: Portfolio I and Portfolio II

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

Ansel Adams

1 Museum Dr, Montgomery, AL 36117, USA

Jan 1, 1902 — Jan 1, 1984

Ansel Adams: Portfolio I and Portfolio II March 07 to May 17, 2015 Organized by the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and the University of Alabama Sarah Moody ...