Artificial Volcano Erupting, Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

© Virginia Beahan and Laura McPhee

Artificial Volcano Erupting, Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

Currently not on view

Artificial Volcano Erupting, Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada,

1995

Virginia Beahan, American, born 1946
Laura McPhee, born 1958; born New York, NY; active Brookline, MA
1995-386

Information

Title
Artificial Volcano Erupting, Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates

1995

Maker
Virginia Beahan
Laura McPhee
Medium
Chromogenic print
Dimensions
image: 47.2 x 59.7 cm. (18 9/16 x 23 1/2 in.) sheet: 50.8 x 60.8 cm. (20 x 23 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Object Number
1995-386
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Nevada, Las Vegas, Mirage Hotel

Signatures
Signed in ink, below lower right of image: Laura McPhee / Virginia Beahan
Inscription
In ink, lower left of image: Artificial Volcano Erupting, Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1995 Signed in ink, below lower right of image: Laura McPhee / Virginia Beahan
Culture
American
Type
chromogenic color prints, color photographs, photographs
Techniques
chromogenic processes
Subject
hotels (public accommodations), waterfalls, volcano, orange, brown, white (color), fire, landscapes (representations), palm trees, night

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