Comfort Stations, Edwards Air Force Base, California

1983, printed 1997

Richard Misrach

Associated Names
Richard Misrach

Artist, American, born 1949

The image shows a flat, expansive landscape seen from a low perspective. The terrain consists of cracked, arid earth stretching towards the horizon. The horizon is situated towards the upper third of the image, with faint mountain silhouettes visible. Along the horizon line, there are large, rectangular objects that resemble storage containers or shipping crates in white, yellow, and pastel blue colors. The color palette of the scene is muted, with soft hues of brown and tan dominating the earth, contrasting with the pale blue sky. Thin, wispy clouds dot the blue sky, adding to the serene atmosphere of the picture.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    image: 70.7 × 88.5 cm (27 13/16 × 34 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 73.03 × 90.17 cm (28 3/4 × 35 1/2 in.)
    mat: 82.55 × 104.14 cm (32 1/2 × 41 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.76.2

  • Series Title

    Desert Cantos II: The Event I

  • 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

Bibliography

1996

  • Tucker, Anne Wilkes. Crimes and Splendors: The Desert Cantos of Richard Misrach. Exh. cat. The Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, 1996: p. 76.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower left in black ink: COMFORT STATIONS, EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE; signed by artist, lower center in black ink: 4/10; signed by artist, lower right in black ink: © Richard Misrach 1983/1997

Wikidata ID

Q64159016

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