On Signal Hill, overlooking Long Beach, California
Photograph
1983 (made)
1983 (made)
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Since the 1960s, Adams’s main photographic subject has been the urban encroachment into the landscape of the American West. In his work, a sense of hope for nature’s persistence is balanced against despair with man’s destruction of what was, until relatively recently, wilderness. In this photograph, a wiry pair of deciduous trees contends with the smoggy expanse of the cityscape beyond, dominated by rows of palms.
Object details
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| Title | On Signal Hill, overlooking Long Beach, California (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin silver print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Robert Adams, 'On Signal Hill, overlooking Long Beach, California', 1983, gelatin silver print |
| Physical description | Photograph of a view of two relatively bare trees, shown in the foreground. A view of a city can be seen in the background. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Overlooking Long Beach. Signed and inscribed on the reverse in pencil RA 297 Y, Robert Adams, 3/30, Overlooking Long Beach, Calif. 1985 and stamped in ink, Copyright by Robert Adams. |
| Object history | Exhibitions: Photography Now, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1989. |
| Summary | Since the 1960s, Adams’s main photographic subject has been the urban encroachment into the landscape of the American West. In his work, a sense of hope for nature’s persistence is balanced against despair with man’s destruction of what was, until relatively recently, wilderness. In this photograph, a wiry pair of deciduous trees contends with the smoggy expanse of the cityscape beyond, dominated by rows of palms. |
| Bibliographic reference | Mark Haworth-Booth, Photography Now (Nishen/V&A, 1989) pl.63.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.276-1990 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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