Lot 172
  • 172

Robert Adams

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Adams
  • 'SANTA ANA WASH, NORTON AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA'
  • gelatin silver print
large-format, signed, titled, dated, and editioned '2/30' in pencil and with the photographer's copyright/credit stamp, dated in pencil, on the reverse, 1978, printed in 1982 (To Make It Home, p. 127; The Place We Live, Vol. II, p. 36)

Provenance

Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, 1983

Condition

This print, on double-weight paper with a slightly glossy surface, and with margins that are approximately 1/4-inch, is in generally excellent condition. In raking light, several tiny deposits of original retouching are visible in the sky area. There are additional annotations in pencil on the reverse: 'L83.21.1 p-5,' 'Robert Adams,' and 'RA.155.Y.'
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