The River’s Edge
2015
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 19.69 × 29.85 cm (7 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.) sheet: 27.94 × 35.56 cm (11 × 14 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Stephen G. Stein
Accession Number
2020.29.10
Art Historical Context
**The River’s Edge**, a captivating gelatin silver print by Robert Adams from 2015, invites viewers to contemplate the quiet beauty of nature’s boundaries. Captured at precise dimensions—image measuring 19.69 × 29.85 cm (7 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.) on a sheet of 27.94 × 35.56 cm (11 × 14 in.)—this photograph exemplifies Adams’s masterful ability to frame everyday landscapes with subtle drama. Housed in the National Gallery of Art’s CPH Department and generously gifted by Stephen G. Stein, it stands as a testament to the museum’s commitment to contemporary photography. Gelatin silver prints, like this...
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...