Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.

Route 64, West of Route 89, Arizona

Artist David Graham (American, born 1952)

CultureAmerican

Date1986

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.4 × 24.4 cm)
Overall: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

InscribedVerso: "Rt 64 W. of Rt 89, AZ" and signed in the LRC

Credit LineGift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel

Object number2007.12.42

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DescriptionThis color photograph is of a desert of reddish sand and blue sky with white clouds. A yellow, red, black and blue sign that says "Buy New, Pay Later" stands on its own in the middle of the picture.

Label TextDavid Graham American, b. 1952 Route 64, West of Route 89, Arizona, 1986 Chromogenic print (photograph) A constant traveler, David Graham seeks out places where the American Dream has inscribed itself on the landscape. Here, a lonely sign reading “Buy Now, Pay Later” stands amid a vast stretch of desert, providing an ironic commentary on America’s frontier history, the drive for land ownership, and our environmental due. As Graham has stated, “it’s a versatile phrase,” as relevant during the Savings and Loan crisis of the 1980s when he made the picture as it is during the more recent Great Recession. Gift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel 2007.12.42 ProvenanceCollection of Robert B. and Joyce F. Menschel, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel, 2007 Exhibition History"Let's Go Shopping," Selden Arcade, Norfolk, VA, March 19 - June 8, 2013. "New Light on Land: Photographs from the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, January 28 - May 15, 2016.