Tonopah and Tidewater

2002

Mark Ruwedel

Associated Names
Mark Ruwedel

Artist, American, born 1954

The image shows a view through a narrow canyon with towering, rugged walls stretching upwards on both sides. The point of view is set within the passageway, looking straight down the path as it narrows into the distance. The horizon line is not distinctly visible, but the path continues onwards toward a subtle hint of distant hills or smaller landforms beneath a pale sky. The rocky surfaces are textured and uneven, capturing intricate shadows and highlights that suggest the roughness of the terrain. The color palette is a monochromatic scheme, dominated by dark gray tones of the canyon walls contrasting against the lighter earth tones of the path and the pale sky above.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Divola

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 19 × 24 cm (7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.)
    mount: 40.5 × 51 cm (15 15/16 × 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.50.10


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Divola, Riverside, CA; gift to NGA (through Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA), 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by artist, lower center on mount below image in graphite: TONOPAH AND TIDEWATER; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: TONOPAH AND TIDEWATER #17 / MARK RUWEDEL 2002; lower left: 6/10; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: Ruw2433JD


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