Pikes Peak from the prairie, Colorado

c. 1968

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a view from ground level across a barren terrain. In the upper third are distant mountains with a snow-capped peak on the right. In the center, a "NO TRESPASSING" sign is visible against the dry earth and sparse vegetation. The landscape extends flat into the distance with low shrubs and grass. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of gray representing the stark landscape and a clear sky overhead.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams; lower left in graphite: Pikes Peak from the prairie. / Print made 1968-1972. / RA; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: RA.2322.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64159255

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