Arriba, Colorado

1966, printed 1981

Robert Adams

Associated Names
Robert Adams

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows storage structures from a low point of view. The focus is on a tall silo marked with the word "Equity" and nearby structures including a smaller Quonset hut-style building. The background features additional structures, a tree, grass, and utility lines. The sky is clear with a few clouds, casting distinct shadows. The color scheme is mainly gray, with the silo standing out in white against darker areas.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Gift of Robert and Kerstin Adams

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.4 × 22.7 cm (11 3/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.5 × 27.7 cm (14 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.70.30

  • Series Title

    The Plains

  • Copyright

    © Robert Adams, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Adams, Astoria, OR; NGA purchase (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco) and gift, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1978

  • Adams, Robert. Prairie: Photographs by Robert Adams. Denver, 1978.

1989

  • Adams, Robert. To Make it Home: Photographs of the American West. Exh. cat. New York, 1989: 19.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist twice, dated only once, lower right in graphite: Robert Adams Robert Adams 1981; lower left in graphite: Arriba, 1966; lower center in graphite: print probably [underlined] made / in the 1980s -- / Ra; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite, to left of signature: RA.1820.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64159235

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