Desert Fire #1 (Burning Palms)

1983, printed 1994

Richard Misrach

Associated Names
Richard Misrach

Artist, American, born 1949

The image shows a desert landscape with dry, cracked earth and sparse bushes in the foreground. In the middle ground, a line of tall palm trees casting long shadows stretches horizontally. The horizon is positioned above the middle, with the palm trees aligned on it against the sky. On the right, a section of the palm grove is on fire, producing gray smoke that merges into the sky. The color palette includes warm earthy tones, deep greens and blacks of the palm trees, vivid oranges and reds of the fire, and a pale blue sky with faint clouds.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Harriett Ames Charitable Trust

  • Dimensions

    image: 70.8 x 89.1 cm (27 7/8 x 35 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 76.1 x 101.2 cm (29 15/16 x 39 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.76.4

  • Series Title

    Desert Cantos IV: The Fires

  • 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 funds donated from the Ames Charitable Trust by NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1996

  • Tucker, Anne Wilkes. Crimes and Splendors: The Desert Cantos of Richard Misrach. Exh. cat. The Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, 1996: p. 90 (below).

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: DESERT FIRE #1 (BURNING PALMS); lower center in black ink: 6/10 / Ciba/Fuji; lower right in black ink: c Richard Misrach 1983/1994F.

Wikidata ID

Q64159018

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