Robert Adams

Longmont, Colorado
c. 1982, printed 1992

Black and white photograph of a carnival scene at night, featuring a Ferris wheel and other amusement rides against a dark sky, with the image centered on a white background.
Black and white photograph of a carnival scene at night, featuring a Ferris wheel and other amusement rides against a dark sky, with the image centered on a white background.

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Date
c. 1982, printed 1992

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 13/16in. (35.2 × 27.5 cm) Image: 4 15/16 × 4 15/16in. (12.5 × 12.5 cm)

Accession number
P.2011.26

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner

Rights and reproductions
© Robert Adams
Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco & Matthew Marks Gallery, New York

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Robert Adams
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