A farm pond about to be destroyed by earth-moving machinery, the north edge of Denver, Colorado

1973, printed 1981

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a landscape with a line of trees on the edge of a body of water. The horizon is high in the frame, with a distant electrical pole. The trees are reflected in the water. It is a black-and-white image with a range of gray tones. The trees are silhouetted against a slightly overcast sky. The water occupies most of the image, reflecting the trees.
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Artwork overview


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: n.p.

2009

  • Adams, Robert. denver: A Photographic Survey of the Metropolitan Area, 1970–1974. New Haven, 2009: 130.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 1981; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite, to the left of signature: RA.3196.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64159318

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