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The Sea Beach

2015

Robert Adams

Associated Names

Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a flat beach extending to a misty horizon. Silhouetted figures are seen in the distance. The sand is wet with seaweed and footprints. The black and white photo enhances the calm atmosphere. Dunes are visible on the left and ocean waves on the right.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift of Stephen G. Stein
Dimensions

image: 22.6 × 28.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
sheet: 27.8 × 35.5 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.)
Accession Number

2020.29.22
Copyright

© Robert Adams, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

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

Stein, Stephen G.

Bibliography

2017

Adams, Robert. Tenancy. San Francisco, 2017: pl. 22.

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