Adams, Ansel. The Mural Project.

Photographs by Ansel Adams with text by Peter Wright and John Armor. Reverie, 1989. 1st edition, dust jacket with a few small indentations, gift inscription on front flyleaf, otherwise fine. (Photo of cover is a stock photo.) Summary: The Mural Project, published by Reverie Press in 1989, is the first comprehensive publication of a massive, government-commissioned project that was nearly lost to history. It documents Ansel Adams’ ambitious 1941–1942 assignment for the U.S. Department of the Interior, intended to produce giant photographic murals for the department's new headquarters in Washington, D.C. Core Concept: Photography on a Heroic Scale In 1941, Harold Ickes (Secretary of the Interior) hired Adams to create a visual record of the American West that would emphasize the majesty of the National Parks and the success of federal reclamation projects. The Vision: Unlike his smaller gallery prints, these images were designed to be enlarged to a monumental scale (10×15 feet or larg