IMPORTANT ANSEL ADAMS SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH \"MOONRISE, HERNANDEZ, NEW MEXICO\" 1982 For Sale

IMPORTANT ANSEL ADAMS SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH \"MOONRISE, HERNANDEZ, NEW MEXICO\" 1982

This photograph comes from an important Hawaii estate that has had many significant antiques and artwork stored for over 25 years! This is the first time this piece has even seen the light in all this time!

This is one of the most iconic photos done by Ansel Adams, \"Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico\" originally taken in 1941. Authenticating Ansel Adams works is completely outside of our area of expertise - we leave it to the buyer to determine its authenticity - as such, it is being sold as-shown as-is.

The photo is signed on the lower right \"Ansel Adams\" in pencil and on the reverse reads \"MT Board\" \"45 of 1-10-82\"

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• Photo 13\" x 10 1/4\" inches
• Mat 17\" x 14\" inches
• About Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (Wikipedia):\"Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexicois a photograph byAnsel Adams, taken late in the afternoon on November1, 1941,from a shoulder ofU.S. Route 84.The photograph became so popular and collectible that Adams personally made over 1,300 photographic prints of it during his long career.On October 17, 2006,Sotheby\'ssaleed a print of this photograph for $609,600.Art historianH. W. Jansoncalled this photo \"a perfect marriage of straight and pure photography\"The making ofMoonrisehas attracted unusually strong interest. In 1941,Secretary of the InteriorHarold Ickeshired Adams for six months to create photographs of lands under the jurisdiction of theDepartment of the Interior. Adams was accompanied by his young son Michael and his best friendCedric Wrighton a long road trip around the west. They came upon the scene while traveling through theChama Rivervalley towardEspañolain late afternoon on November1; accounts of what transpired differ considerably.The image appeared inU.S. CameraAnnual 1943, and Adams gave this account:It was made after sundown, there was a twilight glow on the distant peaks and clouds. The average light values of the foreground were placed on the \"U\" of the Weston Master meter; apparently the values of the moon and distant peaks did not lie higher than the \"A\" of the meter.. . .Some may consider this photograph a \"tour de force\" but I think of it as a rather normal photograph of a typical New Mexican landscape. Twilight photography is unfortunately neglected; what may be drab and uninteresting by daylight may assume a magnificent quality in the halflight between sunset and dark.Later accounts were considerably more dramatic. According to Mary Alinder, they encountered a \"fantastic scene\", a church and cemetery nearHernandez, New Mexico, and pulled to the side of the road. Adams recalled that he yelled at his son Michael and at Wright to \"Get this! Get that, for God\'s sake! We don\'t have much time!\"Desperate to capture the image in the fading light, they scrambled to set up the tripod and camera, knowing that only moments remained before the light was gone.Adams gave a similar account inExamples:I could not find my Weston exposure meter! The situation was desperate: the low sun was trailing the edge of clouds in the west, and shadow would soon dim the white crosses.. . .I suddenly realized that I knew the luminance of the moon—250cd/ft2. Using the Exposure Formula, I placed this value onZoneVII.. . .Realizing as I released the shutter that I had an unusual photograph which deserved a duplicate negative, I quickly reversed the film holder, but as I pulled the darkslide, the sunlight passed from the white crosses; I was a few seconds too late! The lone negative suddenly became precious.Adams was notorious for neglecting to record exact dates for his images.Moonrisehad been variously listed as having been made in 1940, 1941, 1942, and 1944;attempts were made to determine the date using astronomical calculations based on the Moon\'s position in the image. David Elmore of theHigh Altitude ObservatoryinBoulder, Colorado, concluded thatMoonrisewas taken on October31, 1941, at 4:03p.m.Adams used this date in several publications, includingExamples, though the time was given as 4:05p.m. rather than 4:03p.m.Dennis diCiccoofSky & Telescopemagazine noticed that the Moon\'s position at the time Elmore had determined did not match the Moon\'s position in the image, and after an independent analysis, determined the time to be 4:49:20 p.m. on November 1, 1941. He reviewed his results with Elmore, who agreed with diCicco\'s conclusions.\"
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