The Russian Ministry of Culture acquired it in 1992 for the National Centre for Contemporary Arts, though the latter then transferred it to the Pushkin Museum in honour of its eightieth anniversary.

The painting depicts a tall tower standing on a large sand dune, illuminated by the evening sun.

Behind the tower there is a steppe landscape, with orange-brown dunes, small houses that look like barns, and sparse vegetation.

Above all this stretches a heavy and oppressive sky, the color of which smoothly changes from yellow-green at the horizon to dark blue above the top of the tower.

The landscape in the painting is momentary, creating a sense of stopped time, characteristic of the works of the artist.