Scott McGuire captured this image on . [2] Monolith was used by the Sierra Club as a visual aid for the environmental movement, and was the first photograph Adams made that was based on feelings, a concept he would come to define as visualization and prompt him to create the Zone System. Literature He was happiest when his days brimmed over with people and projects. (Stillman, Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs, p. 378). Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984). Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite | Lot being smaller than the 8 x 10 in and 4 x 5 in view cameras usually Are today's glaciers leftovers from the Pleistocene ice age? Lot 96006 Ansel Adams Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, 1960 Gelatin silver, printed later by Alan Ross Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, 1960 Poster As the overlying rock eroded, the confining pressure on the plutonwas removed and a type of weathering called exfoliation slowly created the more rounded appearance of the dome. This image is unavailable for download. Half Dome is a quartz monzonite batholith at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. while(x=eval(x)); . He blew up his photographs on photomurals, cards, posters, "coffee-table" books, mediums that are easily accessible to all members of society. The distribution and expansion of audience is something that makes Monolith and Ansel Adams work particularly important. The granite crest rises more than 4,737 . var x="function f(x){var i,o=\"\",l=x.length;for(i=0;iMoon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, 1960 - Christie's Picasso's sizable oeuvre grew to . of Antarctica, How animals deal with Antarctic temperatures, Book a trip to Antarctica or request further used, was quicker to set up and use, and more pictures could Inspired by African and Iberian art, he also contributed to the rise of Surrealism and Expressionism. The impression from the valley floor that this is a round dome that has lost its northwest half, is just an illusion. Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite Valley Place United States (Artist's nationality) Date Made 1960 Medium Gelatin silver print Dimensions Image/paper: 24.6 19.1 cm (9 11/16 7 9/16 in. Learn more about our exhibitions, news, programs, and special offers. Ansel Adams - Moon and Half Dome, California 1960 The purchase price will be the sum of your final bid plus other applicable charges, such as the buyers premium, local taxes, shipping expenses, loss damage liability fees, customs duty/import tax and any other charges that may apply. It stands at nearly 8,800 feet above sea level and is composed of quartz monzonite, an igneous rock that solidified several thousand feet within the Earth. Originally named "Tis-sa-ack," an Ahwahnechee phrase for Cleft Rock, Half Dome has been the home to many famous ascents, including the first known ascent by George Anderson in 1875, who drilled holes into the smooth granite to scale the rock's face. [16], From 1919 when the cables were erected through 2011, there have been seven fatal falls from the cables. Cart Visit the pages of the lots you wish to place an absentee bids. The processes of weathering continues to this day as shown by the many rock falls which occur within Yosemite Valley.