Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc.
Winter Morning, Yosemite Valley, Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc.

Winter Morning, Yosemite Valley, Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc.

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Winter Morning, Yosemite Valley, Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc.
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Winter Morning, Yosemite Valley, Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc.
Date1969
PlaceCalifornia, United States
MediumOffset lithograph on metal; plastic lid
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 6 1/4 in. (17.8 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of W. Burt Nelson in honor of David B. Cornue
Object number2008.559.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Description

One of Ansel Adams’s first jobs was with the concessions firm in Yosemite National Park making photographs designed to draw more visitors. In the 1960s, a market for art photography did not exist, and Adams supported himself by selling as many prints as possible, working for companies like Kodak and occasionally with firms like Hills Brothers Coffee. The company was one of the largest coffee sellers in the United States when they requested Adams’s Winter Morning, Yosemite Valley, California for their coffee cans. Adams saw commercial ventures like this one as a way to get his photography into more people’s hands.



 


ProvenanceW. Burt Nelson, Houston; given to MFAH, 2008.
Exhibition History"Second Nature: Contemporary Landscapes from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 10 - September 25, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed up the side:
"WINTER MORNING YOSEMITE VALLEY, CALIF./Photograph By Ansel Adams"
"HILLS BROS. COFFEE, INC., SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., U.S.A. © 1969"

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