Sandstone grave marker, Walsenburg, Colorado

1972

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The sculpture features a lamb carved from rough-textured stone resting on a stone slab. The material is a gray color that blends with the surrounding dry grass. The lamb is depicted in a reclining posture with ear carvings and a smooth facial structure. The stone slab has engraved words indicating the name "SOFIA MARTINEZ" and dates "B. 5-1-1928" and "D. 12-8-1931." The sculpture is small, rustic, and placed on the ground amidst tall grass.
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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: 15.2 × 15.2 cm (6 × 6 in.)
    sheet: 20.3 × 25.3 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.70.161

  • Series Title

    Late Hispanic Settlement

  • 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

1974

  • Adams, Robert. The Architecture and Art of Early Hispanic Colorado. Boulder, 1974: 61.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams; lower center in graphite: print made about 1972. / RA; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: RA.4221.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64159382

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