Outdoor Dining, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah

1992, printed 1995

Richard Misrach

Associated Names
Richard Misrach

Artist, American, born 1949

The image shows a salt flat with a mountain range in the distance. There are tables, red chairs, and a small red and blue structure on the white surface. The scene is illuminated with soft, warm light, creating a gradient of colors in the sky from pale blue to peach and cream tones. The color palette is muted with earth tones and red accents.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    image: 46.3 × 58.7 cm (18 1/4 × 23 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 50.8 × 60.96 cm (20 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.91.9

  • Series Title

    Desert Cantos XV: The Salt Flats

More About this Artwork

The image shows a salt flat with a mountain range in the distance. There are tables, red chairs, and a small red and blue structure on the white surface. The scene is illuminated with soft, warm light, creating a gradient of colors in the sky from pale blue to peach and cream tones. The color palette is muted with earth tones and red accents.

Article:  The Diner on the Edge of Civilization: Richard Misrach’s Photograph of Outdoor Dining

Ligaya Mishan, a food and travel writer for the New York Times, reflects on an image of a surreal restaurant setting.

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. 159.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower left in black ink: 21/25 OUTDOOR DINING, BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS; by artist, lower right in black ink: © Richard Misrach 1992/1995F.

Wikidata ID

Q64159027

You may be interested in

Loading Results