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The Tetons and the Snake River

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in a mountainous valley. A dramatically lit black-and-white photograph depicts a large river, which snakes from the bottom right to the center left of the picture. Dark evergreen trees cover the steep left bank of the river, and lighter deciduous trees cover the right. In the top half of the frame,
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there is a tall mountain range, dark but clearly covered in snow. The sky is overcast in parts, but only partly cloudy in others, and the sun shines through to illuminate the scene and reflect off the river in these places.
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There are prints of this picture in the collections of several art museums, including the
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The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, Sotheby's
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The picture was taken from an elevated point of view and depicts the
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A mural-sized print of this photograph was sold by $ 988,000 at
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Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California
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Ansel Adams
Grand Teton National Park
Wyoming
Snake River
Sotheby's
New York
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Ann Arbor
List of photographs considered the most important
"Exchange: The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming"
"Ansel Adams Photographs"
"Iconic Ansel Adams image sells for nearly $ 1M at Sotheby's auction, total sales of $ 6.4M"
The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, Sotheby's
"The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming,"
"The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park"
"The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)"
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Ansel Adams
Lodgepole Pines, Lyell Fork of the Merced River
Monolith, the Face of Half Dome
Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico

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