Danny Boy, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah

1992, printed 1993

Richard Misrach

Associated Names
Richard Misrach

Artist, American, born 1949

The image shows a landscape view with a low angle perspective. In the foreground, there is a sleek vehicle parked on a textured, flat expanse resembling a salt flat with subtle hexagonal patterns. A person in a blue suit stands next to the car, labeled "DANNY BOY." In the background, there is a range of rugged, dark mountains against the sky, which is a mix of light gray and soft blue hues. The color palette is subdued, dominated by soft shades of gray, pale blue, and muted browns.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    image: 96.3 × 121.3 cm (37 15/16 × 47 3/4 in.)
    shee/mountt: 101.6 × 127 cm (40 × 50 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.91.3

  • Series Title

    Desert Cantos XV: The Salt Flats

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anonymous gift to 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. 154.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower left in black ink: DANNY BOY, BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS; signed by artist, lower center in black ink: 2/3; signed by artist, lower right in black ink: © Richard Misrach 1992/1993F.

Wikidata ID

Q64159022

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