Robert Adams

signed, titled, dated, and inscribed in pencil and with the photographer's copyright stamp, dated in pencil, on the reverse, 1981, printed in 1982 (Our Lives and Our Children, cover; To Make It Home: Photographs of the American West, p. 101)

Acquired from the photographer, 1993

This slightly warm-toned print, on double-weight paper with a surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. The inscription on the reverse reads, 'To Parker Clayton Smith, with respect--R. A. 9/30/93.' There are four dates written by the photographer in pencil on the reverse: the negative date (1981), which is included with the title; the print date (1982), which is included with the signature; the copyright date (1993), which the photographer has included in the copyright stamp; and the gift date (also 1993), which is included with the inscription.
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