Windbreak on a farm being destroyed for development, Longmont, Colorado

1982

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a group of barren trees in a natural setting, viewed from a slightly elevated point. The horizon is low in the composition, with the treetops reaching above it. The branches of the trees are jagged and intricate, with a monochromatic color palette of gray, black, and white. The sky is clear with wispy clouds in the distance.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Adams, Robert. To Make it Home: Photographs of the American West. Exh. cat. New York, 1989: 148.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 1982; lower left in graphite: 2/30 / Windbreak on a farm being destroyed for development, / Longmont, Colorado, 1982; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite, to the left of signature: RA.1596.Y T#87-1961 (3); stamped, lower center in black ink: Copyright (c) 1982 [date in graphite] by Robert Adams

Wikidata ID

Q64159223

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