Above Boulder, Colorado

c. 1981

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a nighttime landscape captured from a high angle. The horizon is in the upper third of the image, with the land sloping gradually towards it, forming gentle mountains in the distance. Lights snake through the valley and up the mountain sides, possibly from a road or settlement. The sky is a muted gray, and there are no visible stars. The color palette is primarily black and gray, highlighting the contrast between the lit areas and the darkness.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Adams, Astoria, OR; NGA purchase (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco) and gift, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1985

  • Adams, Robert. Summer Nights, Walking. New Haven, 2009.

2009

  • Adams, Robert. Summer Nights, Walking. New Haven, 2009.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 1982; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: 32 SN39; lower center in graphite: damaged (out of image area); lower right in graphite, to the left of signature: RA.1496.Y; lower right in graphite, above signature: 7 [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q64159220

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