Interstate 25, Denver, Colorado

1973, printed 1991

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a grassy area with litter scattered around. A tree stands in the center right, casting a shadow on the ground. A highway is visible at the upper third of the image with cars on it. A chain-link fence runs parallel to the road on the right side. The image is in black and white, emphasizing the contrast between the elements. The tree area looks wild, contrasting with the structured road and fence. The monochrome color palette accentuates the texture and depth of the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    The Ahmanson Foundation and Gift of Robert and Kerstin Adams

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.2 × 19.3 cm (6 × 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.70.7

  • Series Title

    What We Bought

  • Copyright

    © Robert Adams, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2025

  • The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025

Bibliography

1989

  • Adams, Robert. To Make it Home: Photographs of the American West. Exh. cat. New York, 1989: 66.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 1991; lower left, in graphite: Along Interstate 25, north edge of Denver, Colorado, 1973; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: RA.0844.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64159210

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