Rialto, California

1982

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a barren landscape with patches of grass and debris. Distant hills span the horizon, and a small airplane flies in the sky above. The sky is clear and light, with a muted color palette of mainly gray and brown, creating a stark and desolate atmosphere.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    The Ahmanson Foundation and Gift of Robert and Kerstin Adams

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.8 × 28.6 cm (9 × 11 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.70.1

  • Series Title

    Los Angeles Spring

  • 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

1986

  • Adams, Robert. Los Angeles Spring. New York, 1986: 11.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 1983; lower left in graphite: Rialto, California 1982; stamped, lower center in black ink: Copyright (c) 1982 [date in graphite] by Robert Adams; by unknown hand, lower center, to left of stamp, in graphite: RA 382.Y

Markings

on verso, stamped repeatedly: Agfa

Wikidata ID

Q64159204

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