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Boulder County, Colorado

c. 1976

Robert Adams

Associated Names

Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a landscape with a dirt road leading into the distance. A tall pine tree is on the left, and mountains covered in trees form the horizon. The sky is clear with the moon visible. The image is in black and white, creating a timeless feel with shadows from the trees adding depth.

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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: 17.6 × 22 cm (6 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
sheet: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.)
Accession Number

2012.70.136

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Adams, Robert

Bibliography

1989

Adams, Robert. To Make it Home: Photographs of the American West. Exh. cat. New York, 1989: 84.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 1979; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: RA.3776.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64159355

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