El Capitan, Sunrise,Winter, Yosemite National Park, CA 1968

Etherton Gallery presents its summer exhibition, Masters of American Photography (June 11, 2011 – August 27, 2011). The show opens with a reception Saturday, June 11, 2011, 7-10pm.

Chief Joseph-Nez Perces (c1879) by Frank A. Rinehart

The exhibition, which celebrates Etherton Gallery’s 30^th Anniversary, features a selection of photographs recently acquired from important private collections by the great practitioners of American photography: including Ansel Adams, Richard Misrach, Ruth Bernhard and Frank A. Rinehart, and works culled from the gallery’s extensive holdings.

Tyrannosaurus Rex and Impala (1984) by Richard Misrach

Galax, Virginia (1962) by Lee Friedlander

The exhibition articulates the breadth of Etherton Gallery’s distinctly classical American aesthetic with a few twists and turns, developed over the last 30 years. Highlights of the show include rare vintage prints from the Night Desert series (c. 1975-77) by Richard Misrach; El Capitan, Sunrise, Winter, Yosemite National Park, California (1968) by Ansel Adams; Ruth Bernhard’s sensuous nude, In the Box, Horizontal (1962); Joel Peter Witkin’s s beautiful portrait, La Giovanissima (2007); a vintage print of Helmut Newton’s In My Apartment, Paris (1978); and a rare image of  Chief Joseph – Nez Perces (1879) by Frank A. Rinehart.

Chicago (1950) by Harry Callahan

Other highlights include works by Harry Callahan, Linda Connor, Lee Friedlander, Emmet Gowin, Mark Klett, Danny Lyon, Timothy O’Sullivan, Frederick Sommer, Garry Winogrand, and numerous others.

Untitled, Plate 22 from the Night Desert series (1977) by Richard Misrach

Etherton Gallery is located in SoCo (the recently designated cultural district South of Congress) at 135 South 6th Avenue in downtown Tucson, AZ 85701, above Janos Downtown Kitchen+Cocktails. Regular hours: Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm and by appointment. For more information, contact the gallery at (520) 624-7370 or info@ethertongallery.com