Mungo Thomson
The American Desert (for Chuck Jones)

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Artist Mungo ThomsonAmerican, 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

Not on view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

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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