Denver, Colorado

1980

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows the upper half of a man from his shins up to his head. He is standing upright and looking downwards. The man has short, thinning hair and is wearing a collared shirt with long sleeves and a polka dot tie, with a small rectangular object in his shirt pocket. Surrounding him are potted plants with price signs like "$1.49 Each" or "6 for $7.50". The background features a street scene with tall office buildings and other people visible, along with architectural details and cylindrical metallic structures.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1984

  • Adams, Robert. Our Lives and Our Children: Photographs Taken near the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant. Millerton, 1984, 11.

Inscriptions

on verso of mount, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams; lower left in graphite: Denver, Colorado (Print probably made in the / early 1980s ----- RA); by unknown hand, lower right in graphite, to the left of signature: RA.3430.Y 12

Wikidata ID

Q64159333

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