Robert Adams
American · b. 1937 · Photographer
Robert Adams is an American photographer who has focused on the changing landscape of the American West. His work first came to prominence in the mid-1970s through his book The… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Longmont, ColoradoPhillips · $81,900≈ £60,225≈ €70,835Sign up to see
Berthoud, ColoradoPhillips · $81,280≈ £62,789≈ €75,238Sign up to see
Colorado Springs, ColoradoPhillips · $81,250≈ £50,170≈ €64,469Sign up to see
Robert Adams’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
4 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
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Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 1 | 1 | 100% | $5.5kSign up | $5.5kSign up | $5.5kSign up |
| Oil | 1 | 1 | 100% | $5.5kSign up | $5.5kSign up | $5.5kSign up |
| Works on paper | 10 | 10 | 100% | $1.1kSign up | $1.1kSign up | $1.6kSign up |
| Watercolor | 3 | 3 | 100% | $1kSign up | $728Sign up | $1.6kSign up |
| Gouache | 2 | 2 | 100% | $1.6kSign up | $1.6kSign up | $1.6kSign up |
| Drawing | 5 | 5 | 100% | $932Sign up | $874Sign up | $1.5kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 5 | 5 | 100% | $745Sign up | $481Sign up | $2.1kSign up |
| Etching | 1 | 1 | 100% | $2.1kSign up | $2.1kSign up | $2.1kSign up |
| Lithograph | 3 | 3 | 100% | $470Sign up | $481Sign up | $763Sign up |
| Print (other) | 1 | 1 | 100% | $256Sign up | $256Sign up | $256Sign up |
| Photography | 110 | 94 | 85% | $19kSign up | $15.1kSign up | $81.9kSign up |
| Photograph | 110 | 94 | 85% | $19kSign up | $15.1kSign up | $81.9kSign up |
| Sculpture | 7 | 7 | 100% | $15kSign up | $14.1kSign up | $24.1kSign up |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 100% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.