Provenance
Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
Literature
Yale University Press, Robert Adams: The Place We Live, Volume One, p. 175
Adams, Our Lives and Our Children: Photographs Taken near the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, n.p.
Greenough, American Silence: The Photographs of Robert Adams, pl. 110
Catalogue Essay
Another print of this image is in the collection of Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven.

Reframing Beauty: A Private Seattle Collection

32

Robert Adams

Denver, Colorado

1981
Gelatin silver print.
10 5/8 x 9 in. (27 x 22.9 cm)
Signed, titled, dated and copyright notation in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000

Sold for $10,710

Contact Specialist

Caroline Deck
Senior Specialist
+1 212 940 1247
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+1 212 940 1243
vhallett@phillips.com

Reframing Beauty: A Private Seattle Collection

New York Auction 7 October 2021

1
Robert Adams
Colfax Avenue, Lakewood, Colorado
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,240
2
Robert Adams
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $16,380
3
Henry Wessel, Jr.
Night Walk, Los Angeles, No. 28
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
4
Henry Wessel, Jr.
Night Walk, Los Angeles, No. 45
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,040
5
Robert Adams
New Development on what was a Citrus Growing Estate, Highland, California
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $22,680
6
John Divola
Zuma #20
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,040
7
Robert Adams
Redlands, California
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,600
8
Robert Adams
Winter, Southwest from the South Jetty, Oregon
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,190
9
Robert Adams
Southwest from the South Jetty, Clatsop County, Oregon
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $63,000
10
Robert Adams
Southwest from Clatsop Split, Oregon
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $15,120
11
Roni Horn
Still Water (The River Thames, for Example): Images G, H, and N
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $23,940
12
Robert Adams
Untitled from Summer Nights
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $10,080
13
Robert Adams
Longmont, Colorado
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $81,900
14
Robert Adams
Along Interstate 25, Eden, Colorado
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
15
Robert Adams
Near Heber City, Utah
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,120
16
Robert Adams
Cottonwood Series, #2
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $12,600
17
Richard Misrach
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,420
18
Robert Adams
Sitka Spruce, Cape Blanco State Park, Curry County, Oregon
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $18,900
19
Lee Friedlander
New City
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $5,040
20
Robert Adams
Concrete and Ice, Missouri River, Clay County, South Dakota
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $12,600
21
Stephen Shore
Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California, August 13, 1979
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,800
22
Richard Misrach
Salton Sea (Brown)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,860
23
Richard Misrach
Slab City 1.22.98, 5:24 P.M.
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,080
24
Nan Goldin
Red sky from my window, NYC
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,120
25
Nan Goldin
Simon and Jessica in the Shower, Paris
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,120
26
Peter Hujar
David Wojnarowicz Reclining (II)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $157,500
27
Peter Hujar
Man in Park
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,600
28
Robert Adams
Untitled from Summer Nights
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $15,120
29
Robert Adams
Santa Ana Wash, next to Norton Air Force Base, California
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
30
Robert Adams
Rocky Flats, Colorado
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $7,560
31
Diane Arbus
Girl in her circus costume, Md.
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $12,600
32
Robert Adams
Denver, Colorado
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,710
33
Diane Arbus
A Flower Girl at a Wedding, Conn.
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $21,420
34
Diane Arbus
Anderson Hays Cooper, N.Y.C.
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,820
35
Diane Arbus
Untitled (8)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $16,380
36
Diane Arbus
Untitled (26)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
37
Diane Arbus
Untitled (4)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,120
38
Diane Arbus
Untitled (10)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,300
39
Diane Arbus
Untitled (3)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
40
Diane Arbus
Untitled (1)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $20,160
41
Diane Arbus
Five children in a common room, N.J.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $9,450
42
Diane Arbus
Untitled (6)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,860
43
Adam Fuss
Untitled (From the series My Ghost)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,860
44
Adam Fuss
Untitled (From the series My Ghost)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $22,680
45
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Bay of Sagami, Atami
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $44,100
46
Peter Hujar
Leroy Street
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $37,800
47
Robert Mapplethorpe
Joe, NYC
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,190
48
Nan Goldin
Joey as Marilyn, St. Moritz Hotel, NYC
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,670
49
Nan Goldin
Motel window, Palenque, Mexico
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,788
50
Peter Hujar
Hall, Canal Street Pier
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,600
51
Nan Goldin
Jens' Hand on Clemens' Back
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,710
52
Nan Goldin
My Bed, Hotel La Louisiane, Paris
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $6,300
53
Hellen van Meene
Selected Images
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,300
54
Nan Goldin
Christine floating in the waves, St. Barth's
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $12,600
55
Susan Derges
River Taw (Alder), 28 July
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,380
56
Peter Fischli and David Weiss
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,560
57
Peter Fischli and David Weiss
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,450
58
Peter Fischli and David Weiss
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,710
59
Joel Sternfeld
A Blind Man in His Garden, Homer, Alaska, July
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
60
Susan Derges
Canopy No. 5
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
61
Susan Derges
Blue Bell #2
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,780
62
Adam Fuss
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
63
Garry Fabian Miller
The Third Night, February 3rd
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,024
64
Vik Muniz
The Sacred Lodovica (After Bernini) from Pictures of Chocolate
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
65
Christopher Bucklow
Guest [C.B.] 2:53 P.M., 9th December
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,190

Reframing Beauty: A Private Seattle Collection

New York Auction 7 October 2021

Provenance

Literature

Catalogue Essay

32

Robert Adams

Denver, Colorado

Reframing Beauty: A Private Seattle Collection