Longmont, Colorado, Sally in the Backyard

1981

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

This is a photograph of a small dog sitting in a garden. The dog has light-colored, shaggy fur and alert, perked-up ears. The dog is sitting amidst tall, overgrown grass. In the background, there is a wooden fence partially obscured by leaves and branches from surrounding plants. The photograph is in black and white, highlighting the textures of the dog's fur and the surrounding foliage.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jeffrey Fraenkel and Alan Mark

  • Dimensions

    image: 15 × 15 cm (5 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.115.1.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Adams, Astoria, OR; gift to NGA (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco), 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Robert Adams 1988; by artist, bottom left in graphite: Longmont, Colorado / Sally in the backyard, 1981; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: RA.5935.Y(a); bottom center stamped in black ink: Copyright © [by artist in graphite: 1981] by Robert Adams

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