Clearcut and Burned, East of Arch Cape, Oregon

1976

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a mountainous landscape with a variety of vegetation, including dense tree cover and deforested areas with tree stumps. The scene is captured under a cloudy sky, in either black and white or sepia tone. The composition features a prominent mountain peak in the distance. The overall feel is natural and stark, with a monochromatic color palette of black, white, and gray.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.1 × 47.7 cm (15 × 18 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 40.4 × 50.4 cm (15 7/8 × 19 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Adams, Longmont, CO; Paine Webber & Co., New York, 25 November 1991; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Robert Adams 1987; lower left: 2/30 / Clearcut and burned, / east of Arch Cape, Oregon, 1976; bottom center stamped in black ink: Copyright © [by artist in graphite: 1980] by Robert Adams

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