Longmont, Colorado

1973, printed 1988

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a residential area under development. The horizon is high in the composition, with the sky meeting hills in the distance. In the foreground, there is a dirt patch with construction materials. On the left, a small car is parked near newly constructed houses with modern architecture. The houses are light-colored, and a tree on the right contrasts with the sky. Soft clouds fill a large portion of the sky. The grayscale palette emphasizes textures and elements in 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: 15.1 × 19.3 cm (5 15/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.70.103

  • 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: 55.

2009

  • Adams, Robert. denver: A Photographic Survey of the Metropolitan Area, 1970–1974. New Haven, 2009: 54.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 1988; lower left in graphite: Longmont, Colo., 1973; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite, to the left of signature: RA.3192.Y; stamped, lower center in black ink: Copyright (c) 1977 [date in graphite] by Robert Adams

Wikidata ID

Q64159317

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