Pegasus
- Photographer
- Elaine Mayes, American, born 1938
- Date
- 1972, published 1982
- Material
- Gelatin silver print
- photographed in
- New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 234
- Dimensions
- image: 7 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. (20 x 30.2 cm)
sheet: 10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in. (27.8 x 35.4 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Shop Fund
- Rights
- © Elaine Mayes
- Object Number
- 1:1987.14
NOTES
A car parked outside a service station rests beneath the spotlit image of a winged horse. A man looks out the station window into the hazy night. Elaine Mayes took this photograph at a Mobil gas station off the New York State Thruway. Visually seductive but ominous in feel, the glow of artificial light functions as a beacon to the traveler while also conveying the emptiness of a place dominated by a corporate logo. The Mobil Pegasus is one of the oldest marketing symbols still in use today.
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