Catholic church, winter, Ramah, Colorado

1965, printed 1982

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a church in black and white. The church is symmetrical and centrally positioned, with a main entrance elevated by wooden steps leading to a white door. The facade has tall, narrow windows with an arched design, and the building is covered with light-colored siding. The horizon is at the level of the church's foundation, with sparse trees on both sides. A tower rises towards the top of the frame, crowned by a cross against the sky. The trees are bare, contrasting with the minimalistic setting of the composition.
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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: 22.3 × 16.4 cm (8 3/4 × 6 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.70.148

  • Series Title

    Prairie

  • 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

Bibliography

1970

  • Adams, Robert. White Churches of the Plains: Examples from Colorado. Boulder, 1970: 27.

1978

  • Adams, Robert. Prairie: Photographs by Robert Adams. Denver, 1978.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 1982; lower left in graphite: Catholic Church / Ramah, Colo. 1965; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: RA.4067.Y; stamped, lower center in black ink, above "RA.4067.Y": Copyright (c) 1978 [date in graphite] by Robert Adams

Wikidata ID

Q64159368

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