View with Rock Formation in Foreground, "Grand Canyon National Park," Arizona by Ansel Adams courtesan Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe for

Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe for the Alfred Stieglitz Collection

66" printed image)

 By gift

38" printed image)

Lauder and Helen Acheson Funds

View with Rock Formation in Foreground, "Grand Canyon National Park," Arizona by Ansel Adams courtesan Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe forIn 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