Denver

1981

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a young girl standing on a sidewalk. She is facing the camera with a slight shadow behind her. The girl has a round face and wide eyes with light hair gathered on top of her head. She is wearing a light-colored dress with lace details, white socks, and dark shoes. She is holding a cone-shaped cup with a holder. Adults walk by and parked cars are visible in a parking lot. The scene suggests a sunny day with clear skies.
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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: 17.7 × 17 cm (6 15/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.6 × 22.6 cm (12 1/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.70.121

  • Series Title

    Our Lives and Our Children

  • 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

1984

  • Adams, Robert. Our Lives and Our Children: Photographs Taken near the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant. Millerton, 1984, 67.

1989

  • Adams, Robert. To Make it Home: Photographs of the American West. Exh. cat. New York, 1989: 99.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite, to the left of signature: RA.3580.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64159338

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