Zuma #32

1978

John Divola

Associated Names
John Divola

Artist, American, born 1949

The image shows the interior of a fire-damaged building with a view of the sky through an open window. The walls and window frames are heavily charred and blackened by soot. The damage reveals the layers beneath the surface of the walls and frames, exposing raw materials like burnt wood and metal. The room appears empty, with some residual burn marks and peeling paint. The contrast between the sky visible through the window and the dark interior emphasizes the destruction left by the fire. The image conveys a somber mood with remnants of color on the walls hinting at prior decoration, now affected by the fire.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mark Ruwedel

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.77 × 30.48 cm (9 3/4 × 12 in.)
    sheet: 27.94 × 35.56 cm (11 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.125.7

  • Copyright

    © John Divola, courtesy of Gallery Luisotti

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Divola, Riverside, CA; Mark Ruwedel, Long Beach, CA, 2014; gift to NGA (through Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA), 2014.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in black ink: © John Divola 1978; upper left: Z32-03; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: DIVO413

Wikidata ID

Q64155936

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