Flooded Marina (Gas Pumps), Salton Sea, California
Artist
Richard Misrach
(American, born 1949)
DateNegative 1983, print: 1986
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 18 1/8 × 22 7/8 in. (46 × 58.1 cm)
Support: 18 3/8 × 23 1/4 in. (46.7 × 59.1 cm)
Mat: 26 × 30 1/4 in. (66 × 76.8 cm)
Frame: 26 × 30 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (66 × 76.8 × 3.8 cm)
Support: 18 3/8 × 23 1/4 in. (46.7 × 59.1 cm)
Mat: 26 × 30 1/4 in. (66 × 76.8 cm)
Frame: 26 × 30 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (66 × 76.8 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Jamie Brunson and Dr. Mark Levy, 2021
Object number2022.15.7
DescriptionBody of water fills bottom half of composition. Protruding from it and shown in a diagonal line are two gasoline pumps, each flanked on either side by two rusted poles, a sign of freestanding letters spelling out TEXACO MARINA, and a tall pole with a Texaco logo sign and lights. In middle ground is a marina extending the width of the picture, three boats. Mountains visible at back right of image.On View
Not on viewRussell Lee
June 1940 (printed 1990)
Steve Fitch
January 1994 (printed 2011)