Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 1,000,000+ artworks, 85,000+ artists, and 1,800+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Scissors and Thread by Ansel Adams — VisualArtsDB

Home
Photographs
Scissors and Thread

Scissors and Thread

Scissors and Thread

1931

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (11.43 x 22.23 cm) (image, sheet) 11 x 13 7/8 in. (27.94 x 35.24 cm) (mount)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

Tags

United States

More by Ansel Adams

Arches, North Court, Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tuscon, Arizona

Arches, North Court, Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tuscon, Arizona

Ansel Adams, 1968

Kearsarge Pinnacles, Southern Sierra

Kearsarge Pinnacles, Southern Sierra

Ansel Adams, 1920

Buddhist Grave Markers and Rainbow, Maui, Hawaii

Buddhist Grave Markers and Rainbow, Maui, Hawaii

Ansel Adams, 1956

Cypress and Fog, Pebble Beach, California

Cypress and Fog, Pebble Beach, California

Ansel Adams, 1967

Rain, Beartrack Cove, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska, No. 10 from "Portfolio Two: The National Parks and Monuments" (1950)

Rain, Beartrack Cove, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska, No. 10 from "Portfolio Two: The National Parks and Monuments" (1950)

Ansel Adams, 1949

Lower Paradise Valley, Southern Sierra

Lower Paradise Valley, Southern Sierra

Ansel Adams, 1920

River, Cliffs, Autumn, Yosemite Valley, California

River, Cliffs, Autumn, Yosemite Valley, California

Ansel Adams, 1939

Old Faithful Geyser, Late Evening, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, No. 13 from "Portfolio Two: The National Parks and Monuments" (1950)

Old Faithful Geyser, Late Evening, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, No. 13 from "Portfolio Two: The National Parks and Monuments" (1950)

Ansel Adams, 1942

White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona

White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona

Ansel Adams, 1942

Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite Valley

Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite Valley

Ansel Adams, 1960

Winter Sunrise, the Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California

Winter Sunrise, the Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California

Ansel Adams, 1944

Half Dome and Moon, Yosemite Valley

Half Dome and Moon, Yosemite Valley

Ansel Adams, 1960