The Morada door, along the Purgatory River

early 1970s

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

This is a photograph of a rustic doorway with a cross-shaped light reflection. The image shows a weathered wooden door set within a textured stone or adobe wall. The play of light and shadow reveals a prominently illuminated cross shape in the upper center part of the door. In the foreground, tall grasses grow in front of the doorstep. The overall setting suggests an environment that is old and possibly spiritual in its undertones, emphasized by the simplicity and natural materials of the architecture.
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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

1974

  • Adams, Robert. The Architecture and Art of Early Hispanic Colorado. Boulder, 1974: 77.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center and right in graphite: Robert Adams; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: RA.4218.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64159381

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