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Series Title: Yosemite Valley Portfolio III

Rushing Water, Merced River

c. 1955, printed 1960

Ansel Adams

(American, 1902–1984)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 20.5 x 24.7 cm (8 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Mounted: 35.4 x 45.6 cm (13 15/16 x 17 15/16 in.); Paper: 20.5 x 24.7 cm (8 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frances P. Taft 2014.420
Copyright
© Trustees of the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
A square black-and-white photograph depicts churning water rushing around dark rocks and a gnarled, leafless branch. High-contrast light defines the water's crests as it flows from the top toward the foreground in thick swaths of white foam. Deep black shadows fill the spaces beneath the rocks and the swirling foreground. On the left, a large rock anchors the fallen branch as it extends horizontally across the composition.

Rushing Water, Merced River

c. 1955, printed 1960

Ansel Adams

(American, 1902–1984)
America

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