New housing, Colorado Springs

1969, printed 2005

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams
Artist, American, born 1937
This is a photograph of a suburban neighborhood with residential houses on a clear day. The image shows several detached houses with modern-style roofing. In the foreground, there is a dirt path flanked by two houses with siding and roofing typical of suburban architecture. In the distance, more houses can be seen with large windows and doors likely leading to backyard areas. An outdoor antenna is visible on top of one house. The well-manicured lawns suggest a tidy neighborhood. The sky is bright, casting shadows and creating contrast in the black-and-white photograph, giving a vintage feel to the scene.
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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: 17.5 × 15.1 cm (6 7/8 × 5 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 × 27.9 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.70.61

  • Series Title

    Commercial Residential

  • 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

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 2005; lower left in graphite: Colorado Springs, 1969; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: RA.2981.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64159268

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