Mobile home park, north edge of Denver

1973, printed 2005

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image features a suburban street scene with a girl crossing the road. Her dress stands out against the paved street. In the background, there is an RV labeled "Brave," a row of homes or trailers, power lines, and a utility pole. The sky displays faint clouds, complementing the black and white color palette of the image. The scene extends to distant hills and plains under the open sky.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.2 x 19.8 cm (6 x 7 13/16 in.)
    support: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.133.2

  • Series Title

    What We Bought

  • Copyright

    © Robert Adams, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Adams, Robert. To Make it Home: Photographs of the American West. Exh. cat. New York, 1989: 51.

2009

  • Adams, Robert. denver: A Photographic Survey of the Metropolitan Area, 1970–1974. New Haven, 2009: 53.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 2005; lower left in graphite: Adams County, Colorado, 1973; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: RA.2939.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64159193

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