Utah Southern Extension

2001

Mark Ruwedel

Associated Names
Mark Ruwedel

Artist, American, born 1954

This is a landscape scene from a slightly elevated point of view, looking down a long, narrow stretch of land that fades into the distance. The horizon is high in the frame, separating the sky from the terrain below. Sparse shrubs and small trees are scattered around the landscape. The absence of vibrant colors suggests a monochromatic or black-and-white palette. Subtle tonal variations enhance the textures and details of the vegetation and earth. In the distance, faint rolling hills or mountains create a gentle contour against the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 18.8 × 24.4 cm (7 3/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
    mount: 40.64 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.47.12

  • 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. 39.

Inscriptions

by artist, lower center on mount below image in graphite: UTAH SOUTHERN EXTENSION; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: UTAH SOUTHERN EXTENSION #4 / Mark Ruwedel 2001; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: RUW0294

Wikidata ID

Q64157784

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