Interstate 25, Weld County, Colorado

1983

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows dried plant stems in the foreground, silhouetted against the horizon. Three spherical heads are visible on the thin stalks. A truck moves from left to right on the horizon, under a low horizon line with an open sky above. The black and white colors create high contrast, emphasizing the outlines of the plants and truck against the sky. The image conveys stillness and isolation, with the truck adding a sense of movement in the landscape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert and Kerstin Adams

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.5 × 27.9 cm (8 7/8 × 11 in.)
    mount: 35.6 × 39.4 cm (14 × 15 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.11.3

  • Copyright

    © Robert Adams, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Adams, Astoria, OR; gift to NGA (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco), 2022.

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