Broken trees next to Box Springs Mountains, east of Riverside, California

1982, printed 1988

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a ground-level view of a natural setting with bushy vegetation and trees. The horizon is hidden by the dense trees and bushes, with hills in the background. It is captured in black and white, with detailed branches and leaves in the foreground contrasting with the smooth sky. The color palette consists of various grayscale tones, creating a serene atmosphere.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 37.9 × 47.5 cm (14 15/16 × 18 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.4 × 50.5 cm (15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.52

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Adams, Astoria, OR; (Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams 1988; lower left in graphite: 14/30; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: RA.2227.Y

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