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Last Night, Brightest Light (A Message to Robert Adams), The Rio Grande
Beginning Santa Elena Canyon, The Big Bend, Brewster County, Texas USA

Last Night, Brightest Light (A Message to Robert Adams), The Rio Grande Beginning Santa Elena Canyon, The Big Bend, Brewster County, Texas USA
Last Night, Brightest Light (A Message to Robert Adams), The Rio Grande Beginning Santa Elena Canyon, The Big Bend, Brewster County, Texas USA
Last Night, Brightest Light (A Message to Robert Adams), The Rio Grande Beginning Santa Elena Canyon, The Big Bend, Brewster County, Texas USA
ArtistAmerican, born 1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Last Night, Brightest Light (A Message to Robert Adams), The Rio Grande
    Beginning Santa Elena Canyon, The Big Bend, Brewster County, Texas USA
  • from the series The Great River , Rio Grande River Crossing, From the Source to the Sea
Date1996
MediumGelatin silver prints with toning
DimensionsImage (Each, approximate): 16 × 22 3/8 in. (40.6 × 56.9 cm)
 Sheet (Each, approximate): 16 × 22 3/8 in. (40.6 × 56.9 cm)
 Frame (Each): 30 9/16 × 38 9/16 × 7/8 in. (77.7 × 98 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Fredericka Hunter and Ian Glennie
Object number2025.768.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
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Object Type
ProvenanceFredericka Hunter and Ian Glennie, Houston; given to MFAH, 2025.

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