Aspens, Northern New Mexico

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Aspens, Northern New Mexico

Artist Ansel Easton Adams (American, 1902-1984)

Date1958

Dimensionsimage: 19 5/16 x 15 5/16 in. (49.1 x 13.5 cm)
mount: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

MediumGelatin-silver print

ClassificationPhotographs

Credit LinePurchased with funds given by an anonymous donor

Object number

1975.5

Not on View

Label TextWhile driving on a highway near the Crest of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains outside of Santa Fe, Ansel Adams recalls, “we happened upon a grove of aspens that immediately captured my imagination.” He continued: We were in the shadow of the mountains, the light was cool and quiet and no wind was stirring. The forest floor was covered with a tangle of russet shrubs. It was very quiet and visually soft…I visualized the image as stronger, in accordance with the mood of the hour and place…I do not consider them “pretty” scenes; for me they are cool and aloof and rather stately. I cannot demand that anyone receive from the image just what was in my visualization at the time of exposure. I believe that if I am able to express what I saw and felt, the image will contain qualities that may provide a basis for imaginative response by the viewer.Exhibition HistoryTMA,The Enduring Land: Adams and the Westons,Oct. 22,1977 - Dec.4,1977.

Dayton Art Institute; Orlando Museum of Art; North Carolina Museum of Art; Portland Museum of Art; In Praise of Nature: Ansel Adams and Photographers of the American West, October 1999 - January 2001.

TMA, Ansel Adams, June 30 - Sept. 24 2006 Toledo Museum of Art, Refraction/Reflection, April 20-September 2, 2012.

TMA, Paper Roses: Garden-Inspired Works on Paper. Feb. 21-May 18, 2014.

Toledo Museum of Art, The American West: Photographs of a New Frontier, January 15-May 15, 2016.