Neahkahnie Mountain, Oregon
2004
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.9 × 15.3 cm (9 × 6 in.) sheet: 35.4 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Gift of Robert and Kerstin Adams
Accession Number
2012.70.70
Art Historical Context
Robert Adams' *Neahkahnie Mountain, Oregon* (2004) captures the rugged beauty of the Oregon coast in a classic gelatin silver print, a medium prized for its rich tonal gradations and enduring archival quality. Measuring nearly 23 x 15 cm in its image area, this intimate-scale photograph invites viewers to contemplate the interplay of natural grandeur and subtle human traces along the Pacific Northwest landscape. Acquired through the Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and a gift from the artist and his wife Kerstin, it resides in the National Gallery of Art's photography collection (CPH department). ...
About the Artist
Robert Adams · 1900–1900
Robert Adams, born Robert Hickman Adams on May 8, 1937, in Orange, New Jersey, grew up amid frequent relocations that shaped his deep affinity for the American landscape—from New Jersey to Madison, Wisconsin, and finally to Wheat Ridge, Colorado, in 1952.) Contracting polio at age 12, he recovered but retained a sensitivity to the environment that fueled his later work. After earning a B.A. in Eng...