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Neahkahnie Mountain, Oregon

2004

Robert Adams

Associated Names

Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image displays a close-up view of tall plants with broad leaves, captured from below against the sky. The view is entirely upward, focusing on the plants' silhouettes against the bright background. Many leaves show small holes or tears. The picture has no visible horizon line. It is monochrome, with varying shades of black, white, and gray providing contrast between the leaves and the sky. This contrast emphasizes the texture and form of the plant's leaves and stems, creating a play of light and shadow.

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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: 23.8 × 15.3 cm (9 3/8 × 6 in.)
sheet: 35.4 × 27.9 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)
Accession Number

2012.70.78
Series Title

Questions for an Overcast Day

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Adams, Robert

Bibliography

2007

Adams, Robert. Questions for an Overcast Day. San Francisco, 2007: 31.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 2006; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: RA.3020.Y-N

Wikidata ID

Q64159289

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