‘ANSEL ADAMS’ AT CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Corcoran Gallery of Art presents “Ansel Adams,” offering a new look at the work of this important artist through more than 125 images on loan from the Lane collection — the largest private collection of works by Adams in existence.

Acquired directly from Adams by the late William H. and Saundra Lane, during a ten-year period in the early 1960s and 1970s, the collection showcases Adams’s range and spans the length of his six-decade career.

Although best known for his dramatic black and white vistas of the American West, Adams (1902–1984) was a versatile photographer who made portraits of artist friends, closeup nature views, striking architectural and urban views and documentary images. This exhibition takes a broad and inclusive look at Adams’s work, with particular emphasis on his early career.

 “Ansel Adams” is arranged chronologically in several sections: “Early Work,” including photographs of the High Sierra, Canadian Rockies and Pueblo Indians, “Group f/64: Exploring Straight Photography, Yosemite, The American Southwest, Alfred Stieglitz and New York,” “The National Parks” and “Late Work.”

“Ansel Adams” is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which hosts the Lane collection under the supervision of Karen Haas, curator of the Lane collection.

A soft cover exhibition catalog, Ansel Adams, is available.

The Corcoran is at 500 17th Street NW. For more information, www.corcoran.org or 202-639-1700.