Ansel Adams

American | 1902 - 1984

Ansel Adams was an American photographer who was born in 1902.

How much does an Ansel Adams cost?

Ansel Adams's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 3 USD to 988,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Ansel Adams's most expensive photography?

Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 988,000 USD for The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, sold at Sotheby's New York in 2020. In the past 12 months, his photographs have averaged 21,028 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 6,335 USD.

Where can I see Ansel Adams's works?

His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like California Museum of Photography in Riverside. Numerous key galleries and museums such as de Young Museum, FAMSF have featured Ansel Adams's work in the past.

Ansel Adams in the news

Ansel Adams has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, Southwest Art and Hyperallergic. The most recent article is Review: “Visualizing the Environment of Ansel Adams and His Legacy” written for Glasstire in February 2025. The artist died in 1984.

Featured for Sale

Moon and Half Dome

By Ansel Adams

A.N. Abell Auction Company

Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California ,1944

By Ansel Adams

Sotheby's New York

My Camera in the National Parks by Ansel Adams ,1950

By Ansel Adams

Holabird Western Americana Collections

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At Auction

Notable Lots

Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California

By Ansel Adams

+39%

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Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite Valley, c. 1939

By Ansel Adams

+113%

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Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite Valley, 1944

By Ansel Adams

+60%

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Upcoming Lots

Redwoods, Bull Creek Flat, Northern California

By Ansel Adams

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Dogwood, Yosemite National Park, CA (Special Edition - Ansel Adams

Dogwood, Yosemite National Park, CA (Special Edition ,1938

By Ansel Adams

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Thunderstorm, Yosemite Valley, CA

By Ansel Adams

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

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Recent Auction Results

ANSEL ADAMS ,1991

By Ansel Adams

Ro Gallery

THE CAMERA ,1981

By Ansel Adams

Ro Gallery

Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, from Portfolio Four "What Majestic Word

By Ansel Adams

-42%

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Swann Auction Galleries

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Current Exhibitions

Ansel Adams: Photographs from the MFA Collection

Museum of Fine Arts, Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg | Florida | USA

Nov 23,2024 - Mar 16,2025

A New Look at Photo History: Treasures from the Solander Collection

Photographic Center Northwest

Seattle | Washington | USA

Jan 09,2025 - Mar 20,2025

Riding the 33rd Parallel: Landscape Portraits—Florida to California

Harn Museum of Art

Gainesville | Florida | USA

Nov 26,2024 - May 25,2025

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Articles

Holabird Western Americana Collections will hold a three-day Pioneers & Patriots Auction

ArtDaily 21/02/2025

Fresh off a successful three-day Desert Riches Auction held live and online from January 31st thru February 3rd, Holabird Western Americana Collections will follow that up with a three-day Pioneers & Patriots Auction beginning March 1st and ending March 3rd.

Review: “Visualizing the Environment of Ansel Adams and His Legacy”

Glasstire 05/02/2025

Review: “Visualizing the Environment of Ansel Adams and His Legacy.”

Fine Photographs at Swann February 13

ArtDaily 01/02/2025

The Thursday, February 13 Fine Photographs auction brings together twentieth-century masters in a curated selection of diverse and rare highlights.

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Coverage

“ ..These images, that combine the landscape Adams is known for, with the built environment, allow us to explore an unexpected theme... ”
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Phoenix Art Museum

“ ..These prints are placed beside others made earlier in Adams's career, providing an opportunity to see how his printing style changed over the decades, while also offering an understanding of how the artist... ”
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J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center

“ ..While Adams is justly famous as a photographer specializing in detailed and atmospheric panoramas of nature, he regularly incorporated elements of abstraction into his photographs... ”
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Philadelphia Museum of Art

“ ..Although he did not believe that the camera was capable of producing images of pure abstraction, in 1935 Adams wrote that the skillful representation of nature involved "transcending the literal aspects"... ”
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Philadelphia Museum of Art

“ ..These photos were originally chosen by Adams himself to be part of the “Museum Set,” a succinct overview of his finest work... ”
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Baruch College/City University of New York, Sidney Mishkin Gallery