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Nehalem Spit, Tillamook County, Oregon

early 2000s, printed 2009

Robert Adams

Associated Names

Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a coastal scene with calm waves meeting the shoreline in grayscale tones. The horizon is high in the composition, separating the sky from the ocean. The water is smooth near the viewer and becomes wavy further out. The sky is light gray with hints of clouds.

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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 × 22.3 cm (5 7/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
sheet: 27.9 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

2012.70.167

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Adams, Robert

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 2009; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: RA.4342.Y-B

Wikidata ID

Q64159388

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