Firebreak, above East Highlands, California

1982

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a dirt path with tire tracks extending into the distance. The horizon is low in the composition, with a hazy sky blending with the landscape below. No objects are visible at the horizon due to the haziness. The color palette includes warm greys and earth tones. Close to the viewer, there are shrubs and patches of grass along the path, indicating a rugged terrain. In the distance, the view opens up to a wide expanse with faint features of the landscape barely visible.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 45.4 × 38 cm (17 7/8 × 14 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.4 × 40.4 cm (19 13/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.1

  • Series Title

    Los Angeles Spring

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 9 September 1994; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Robert Adams 1982; lower left: 3/30 / Firebreak above East Highlands, / California, 1982; bottom center stamped in black ink: Copyright © [by artist in graphite: 1986] by Robert Adams; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: RA.496.Y

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