On Lookout Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado

1970, printed 1988

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a rugged landscape with a rock ledge featuring white painted words in the foreground. Beyond the ledge, the terrain rises and falls into rolling hills dominating the scene. A narrow road winds through the hilly area, appearing as a thin line against the rocky surface. In the distance, hills gradually blend into a hazy horizon with more hills and flat plains visible further out. The image is in black and white, providing a stark contrast between the lit and shadowed areas, lending a timeless quality to the scenery. The color palette, though monochrome, emphasizes the texture and contours of the landscape by focusing on tones of grey and varying contrasts. The far-off hills fade softly into the lighter sky, highlighting the depth and vastness of the area.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Adams, Astoria, OR; NGA purchase (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco) and gift, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Adams, Robert. To Make it Home: Photographs of the American West. Exh. cat. New York, 1989: 45.

2016

  • Adams, Robert. The New West: Landscapes along the Colorado Front Range. New Haven, 2016: 101.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 1988; lower left in graphite: PMA / From Lookout Mtn., at Buffalo Bill's / grave, Jefferson County, Colo., 1970; by unknown hand, lower center, in graphite: RA.0839.Y; stamped in black ink, lower center, above "RA.0839.Y": Copyright (c) 1974 [date in graphite] by Robert Adams

Wikidata ID

Q64159208

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