Astoria, Oregon

2007

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

A large pile of assorted shoes, including sneakers, boots, and dress shoes, occupies the center of the image, with a pigeon standing in the foreground on the left side. The image is in black and white. The shoes are lying haphazardly close together on a flat surface, with each shoe or pair tagged with a small paper label. The pigeon is positioned to the left of the pile, with its body angled towards the shoes.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 2011; lower left in graphite: Memorial, the war in Iraq, 2007, / Astoria, Oregon.; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: RA.3731.Y-D

Wikidata ID

Q64159349

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