The Sea Beach
2015
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 28.26 × 22.54 cm (11 1/8 × 8 7/8 in.) sheet: 35.56 × 27.94 cm (14 × 11 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Stephen G. Stein
Accession Number
2020.29.37
Art Historical Context
**The Sea Beach** (2015) by Robert is a captivating gelatin silver print that invites visitors to contemplate the serene interplay of sea and shore. Measuring 28.26 × 22.54 cm (image) on a 35.56 × 27.94 cm sheet, this photograph captures the timeless beauty of a coastal scene, rendered in the classic black-and-white tones that define Adams's meticulous style. Housed in the National Gallery Art's Department of Photographs (CPH) as a generous gift from Stephen G. Stein, it exemplifies contemporary landscape photography in a prestigious collection. Gelatin silver print, Adams's favored medium, p...
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...