A child with nothing to do, the back of a shopping center, Denver, Colorado Artist: Robert Adams (American, born 1937)

1970–74

Photography

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Gelatin silver print mounted on board

Dimensions

image: 6 × 7 5/8 in. (15.2 × 19.4 cm)
support: 13 × 11 in. (33 × 27.9 cm)

Credit Line

Purchased with a gift from Saundra B. Lane, a grant from the Trellis Fund, and the Janet and Simeon Braguin Fund

Accession Number

2008.52.9.73

Geography

Depicted Denver, Colorado

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Photographs

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography
  • Robert Adams, Denver: A Photographic Survey of the Metropolitan Area, 1970–1974, Rev. ed. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2009), 104, ill
Object copyright
© Robert Adams
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

gelatin silver prints

Marks

Verso C stamped in black ink: Robert Adams/ 827 Sumner Street/ Longmont, Colo. 80501\r\nVerso LR in black ink: page 92\r\n

Inscriptions

Verso LC in graphite: A child with nothing to do; / the back of a shopping center, / Boulder, Colorado\r\nVerso C in graphite: 84 [circled]\r\nVerso UR in black ink: 80 [circled; crossed out]\r\nVerso LR in graphite: R Adams

Signed

Signed Verso LR in graphite: R Adams

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