Winter, northwest across dunes and tidal marsh inside the South Jetty, Clatsop County, Oregon

1990

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a coastal scene with a rocky landform extending towards the sea. The horizon separates the cloudy sky from the waves below. In the distance, a ship is visible in the sea. The landscape includes rugged terrain with scattered grass clumps, contrasting with dark tones of stone and water. The color palette is grayscale, highlighting light and shadow from the sky and ocean.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1995

  • Adams, Robert. West from the Columbia: Views at the River Mouth. New York, 1995: 20.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 1993; by unknown hand, lower right, to left of signature, in graphite: RA.3303.Y (a)

Wikidata ID

Q64159324

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