Heaven's Peak, Glacier National Park, Montana by Ansel Adams living room they naturally call it a

they naturally call it a chicken

1898–1905

Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection

Acrylic over graphite on wove paper

37" printed image)

Heaven's Peak, Glacier National Park, Montana by Ansel Adams living room they naturally call it aIn the mid 1930's, Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes conceived the idea of commissioning painted murals for the department's headquarters building in Washington, DC. Impressed by Adams' work, Ickes later broadened the scope of the project to include mural size photographs and recommended Adams for the photographer. Adams began his travels to the parks in October 1941 and a year later submitted the prints in this series to Interior. None of the