The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Longmont, Colorado
1973
(American, b. 1937)
Image: 15.1 x 19.3 cm (5 15/16 x 7 5/8 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Location: Not on view
Description
The work of Robert Adams generally balances two seemingly contradictory concerns: photography's ability to describe natural beauty and human intervention in the landscape. In this image, nature has been reduced to a small, desolate area of dry wild grass, while suburban homes and pavement encroach upon what was once an expansive prairie. Adams rarely portrays people in his photographs, focusing instead on eloquent signs of their presence, such as the abandoned swing set.- Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 78
- CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art."Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).CMA, May 3 - June 23, 1985: "Robert Adams: Landscape Photography," Gallery D, no exhibition catalogue.
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.123