Ansel Adams United States, 1902-1984
Hands of Annette Rosenshine, 1932 (Printed 1970's)
Signed on recto, Stamped, titled and dated on verso
Gelatin Silver Print
Image - 10"x13", Mount - 16"x20", Matted - 20"x24"
© Ansel Adams. Courtesy of the Ansel Adams Publishing Trust
© Ansel Adams. Courtesy of the Ansel Adams Publishing Trust
Literature
“Art is both love and friendship and understanding. It is both the taking and giving of beauty.”
~Ansel Adams
These are some of the most simple and moving words I have ever read about the power of art. Ansel was of course most well known for his epic images of the American Landscape,but here we see another side of his work. A very rare “portrait” of his friend the San Francisco sculptor Annette Rosenshine. We never see her face but we understand the mutual respect of one artist to another in this most tender of images.