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Colorado

c. 1973

Robert Adams

Associated Names

Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a large metallic blender on a kitchen countertop, with a rotary phone mounted on the wall to the left. A white cup and a spoon are in the foreground, near a sink. On the wall behind the blender, there are electrical outlets and a small sign. Dark wooden cabinets are visible above against a light-colored wall.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Gift of Robert and Kerstin Adams
Dimensions

image: 15.1 × 15.1 cm (5 15/16 × 5 15/16 in.)
mount: 32.9 × 27.7 cm (12 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

2012.70.31
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

Adams, Robert

Inscriptions

on verso of mount, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: RA.1861.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64159236

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