Burning oil sludge, north of Denver, Colorado
1974, printed 1983
Artist, American, born 1937
Robert Adams
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Gift of Robert and Kerstin Adams
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Dimensions
image: 38 × 47.8 cm (14 15/16 × 18 13/16 in.)
sheet: 40.4 × 50.5 cm (15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2012.70.157
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Robert Adams, Astoria, OR; NGA purchase (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco) and gift, 2012.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1989
Adams, Robert. To Make it Home: Photographs of the American West. Exh. cat. New York, 1989: 65.
2009
Adams, Robert. denver: A Photographic Survey of the Metropolitan Area, 1970–1974. New Haven, 2009: 126.
Inscriptions
on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 1983; lower left in graphite: 5/30 / North of Denver, Colorado, 1974; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: RA.4146.Y
Wikidata ID
Q64159378