Denver, Colorado

1981

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows three people - a man, a woman, and a child. The man is walking beside a shopping cart, with one hand raised to the side of his head. He has short hair and is wearing a light-colored long-sleeve shirt. The woman is pushing the shopping cart; she has short, curly hair and is wearing a patterned blouse. The child is seated inside the shopping cart, facing away from the camera; the child's head and back are visible, wearing a striped shirt. The shopping cart contains several large soda bottles, including one with a Sprite label. In the background, there is a parking lot with several cars and a building under a clear sky.
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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

1984

  • Adams, Robert. Our Lives and Our Children: Photographs Taken near the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant. Millerton, 1984, 8.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 1981; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite, below signature: RA.1901.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64159238

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