New York Thruway
Series TitleAutolandscapes
Artist
Elaine Mayes
(American, born 1936)
DateChristmas 1972
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 15/16 × 12 inches (20.14 × 30.48 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 inches (27.76 × 35.56 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 inches (27.76 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.15.15
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Elaine Mayes"
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "New York Thruway 1972 / Christmas"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "74 / 1/42";
On sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "Elm2"
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DescriptionVintage print. Image of parked car in front of brightly projected image of pegasus.Gallery LabelThe illuminated logo of Mobil gas, featuring the winged horse Pegasus, glows eerily through a wintry haze along the New York Thruway. Taken a year before the 1973 oil crisis, which forced Americans to reckon with their dependence upon foreign oil, the photograph, in hindsight, conveys a sense of foreboding.
This image derives from the series Autolandscapes, a body of work produced by Elaine Mayes in 1971 when she drove across the United States with her husband (and four cats) photographing the landscape.
Copyright© Elaine Mayes
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