Mungo Thomson
The American Desert (for Chuck Jones)

The American Desert (for Chuck Jones)
The American Desert (for Chuck Jones)
The American Desert (for Chuck Jones)
ArtistAmerican, born 1969
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The American Desert (for Chuck Jones)
Date2002
Made inUnited States
MediumSingle-channel video, color and sound
Dimensions33 minutes, 45 seconds
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by members of the Modern and Contemporary Art Subcommittee
Object number2004.1538
Non exposé

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Provenance[Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles]; purchased by MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"Pictures of the American West," University Gallery, Texas A&M University-Commerce, September 4–25, 2007.

"The Lining of Forgetting: Internal & External Memory in Art," The Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina, February 10–May 25, 2008.

"Second Nature: Contemporary Landscapes from the MFAH Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 10–September 25, 2011.


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on backside of disc: "MT 3/10" with printed roadrunner below.
Printed on attachments: (front) "THE AMERICAN DESSERT", (inside front) "for CHUCK JONES", (back) "1 Fast and Furry-ous... 26 War and Peace / 33:45 Running Time"

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