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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Sixteen Miles North

ArtistChester Arnold, born 1952
Date2006
MediumOil and graphite on board
Dimensions10 x 11 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. (25.4 x 30.2 x 4.4 cm)
Signedl.r.: Sixteen Miles North / 2006 / Chester Arnold / Chop Shop Backwater
Inscription(s)verso, on board: Sixteen Miles North / Chester Arnold / 2006 / graphite/oil/gesso sottile / In which rural forces / conspire to deconstruct / the powers of international / automotive dominion, / one vehicle at a time.
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2010.25
ClassificationDrawing
Provenance(Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA); purchased by Sanford Besser [1936-2011], Santa Fe, NM, 2006; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2010
On ViewNo
Sixteen Miles North10 × 11.9 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 16× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.