The Sea Beach

2015

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a beach looking out at the ocean. The horizon is low in the frame, separating the dark sea from the sky filled with large clouds. The sun shines through the clouds, casting a glow on the water. The brushstrokes are smooth. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of gray. Some sand and foam are visible, leading the eye towards the water and horizon.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Stephen G. Stein

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.8 × 28.8 cm (9 × 11 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 × 35.5 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.29.33

  • 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

Bibliography

2017

  • Adams, Robert. Tenancy. San Francisco, 2017: pl. 33.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Robert Adams 2015; by unknown hand bottom left in graphite: 33 in circle; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: RA.4734.Y(gg)

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