Mobil/Trailer, Inyokern, California
Artist
Jeff Brouws
(American, born 1955, San Francisco, Calif.)
Date1991
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 18 × 18 in. (45.7 × 45.7 cm)
Support: 27 1/2 × 26 5/8 in. (69.9 × 67.6 cm)
Frame: 31 × 30 × 7/8 in. (78.7 × 76.2 × 2.2 cm)
Support: 27 1/2 × 26 5/8 in. (69.9 × 67.6 cm)
Frame: 31 × 30 × 7/8 in. (78.7 × 76.2 × 2.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Jamie Brunson and Dr. Mark Levy, 2021
Object number2022.15.2
DescriptionNight view of a gasoline service station with lighted canopy. Underneath are gasoline pumps and above the canopy is the gas station name “Mobil” in blue letters with red “o” and a flying horse logo at right, outlined in red. Parked at the edge of the pavement at the right margin is a two-tone jeep-like vehicle with its hood up and hooked up to a rounded silver campter. White fence visible beside trailer and moutains faint in deep background.eMuseum Notes
Jeff Brouws describes himself as a “visual anthropologist” who uses his camera to explore the American highway and how it reflects our changing culture. This image includes the now-iconic Jeep and vintage Airstream camper, both cast in the fluorescent glow of a gas station canopy, complete with a neon sign alongside an updated logo.
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Russell Lee
June 1940 (printed 1990)
