Bomb, Destroyed Vehicles, and Lone Rock, Bravo 20 Bombing Range, Nevada

1987, printed 1992

Richard Misrach

Associated Names
Richard Misrach

Artist, American, born 1949

The image shows a ground-level view of an expansive terrain with distant mountains meeting the sky at the horizon, placed towards the upper third of the image. The landscape features cracked, textured earth with scattered debris. The color palette consists of warm earth tones and a pale blue sky. Soft light creates long shadows, giving the scene a serene yet desolate ambiance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 97.79 × 123.19 cm (38 1/2 × 48 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 101.7 × 126.6 cm (40 1/16 × 49 13/16 in.)
    mat: 111.76 × 137.16 cm (44 × 54 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.76.1

  • Copyright

    for print reproduction: © Richard Misrach, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, Pace Gallery, New York and Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds from the Collectors Committee by NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • West Building Concourse Gallery: Altered Landscapes, March 13, 2014 - December 16, 2014.

Bibliography

1996

  • Tucker, Anne Wilkes. Crimes and Splendors: The Desert Cantos of Richard Misrach. Exh. cat. The Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, 1996: p. 93.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: Bomb, Destroyed Vehicles and Lone Rock / 3/3 / © Richard Misrach 1987/1992

Wikidata ID

Q64159017

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