Longmont, Colorado

1973

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a woman captured from the waist up as she stands in a supermarket aisle. She is positioned facing forward as she pushes a shopping cart, which is partially visible in front of her. Her facial features appear slightly blurred, with her hair styled in a voluminous, shoulder-length cut. She is wearing a patterned long-sleeve blouse and carrying a bag with a strap over her shoulder. Lining the shelves behind her are numerous bottles and boxes labeled with brand names. In the background, there are blurred sections of shelves with various products.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Gift of Robert and Kerstin Adams

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.2 × 15.2 cm (6 3/4 × 6 in.)
    mount: 39.4 × 35.4 cm (15 1/2 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.70.43

  • Series Title

    What We Bought

  • 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

1989

  • Adams, Robert. To Make it Home: Photographs of the American West. Exh. cat. New York, 1989: 59.

2009

  • Adams, Robert. denver: A Photographic Survey of the Metropolitan Area, 1970–1974. New Haven, 2009: 103.

Inscriptions

on verso of mount, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 1973; lower left in graphite: Longmont, Colorado, 1973; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite, to the left of signature: RA.2118.Y; stamped, lower center in black ink: Copyright (c) 1977 [date in graphite] by Robert Adams

Wikidata ID

Q64159248

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