Mesa County, Colorado

1978

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a landscape with a horizon cutting through the upper third. Distant mountains stretch across the horizon, with light and shadow on their ridges. Dark silhouettes of trees in the foreground suggest it is either early morning or late afternoon. The photo is in black and white, enhancing the contrast between the shadows of the trees and the sky and mountains. This color scheme gives a timeless and serene feel, highlighting the shapes and forms in the landscape.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite [signature very faint]: Robert Adams 1981; lower left in graphite: Grand Jct., Colo.; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: RA.4026.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64159365

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