The River’s Edge

2015

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a sandy beach with a tree stump in the foreground, slightly to the right of the center. In the background, there are dense trees on a hill forming the horizon. The sky is clear above the trees. The photo is in black and white, emphasizing textures and contrasts. There are driftwood pieces on the sand.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Stephen G. Stein

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.69 × 29.85 cm (7 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 27.94 × 35.56 cm (11 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.29.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Adams, Astoria, OR; (Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco); Stephen G. Stein, Washington, DC, June 2017; gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2017

  • Adams, Robert. Tenancy. San Francisco, 2017: pl. 4.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Robert Adams 2015; by unknown hand bottom left in graphite: 4 in circle; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: RA.4734.Y(d)

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