Antelope Valley

2008

Mark Ruwedel

Associated Names
Mark Ruwedel

Artist, American, born 1954

The image shows a derelict structure in an arid landscape. The horizon is low, with scrubland meeting distant mountains against a gray sky. The building appears decayed and abandoned, with missing walls. The scene is monochrome, with varying shades of gray. The immediate area features rough bushes, leading to a barren landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 25.9 × 33.6 cm (10 3/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
    mount: 50.8 × 60.96 cm (20 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.47.3

  • Copyright

    © Mark Ruwedel, courtesy of Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mark Ruwedel, Long Beach, CA; (Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA); NGA purchase, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • The Memory of Time: Contemporary Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Acquired with the Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2015, no. 71.

Inscriptions

by artist, lower center on mount below image in graphite: ANTELOPE VALLEY; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: DUSK #21 / (Antelope Valley #230) / Mark Ruwedel 2008; lower left: 1/5; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: RUW1914

Wikidata ID

Q64157773

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