Antelope Valley

2008

Mark Ruwedel

Associated Names
Mark Ruwedel

Artist, American, born 1954

The image shows a small, dilapidated structure made of cinder blocks with a wooden roof in an expansive, flat landscape. The structure is deteriorated with walls riddled with holes and a partially collapsed roof. Sparse vegetation and distant mountains are visible along the horizon, providing depth to the arid landscape. The ground nearby is dry and cracked with scrubby plants. The color palette is grayscale, emphasizing the contrast between the weathered structure and the empty landscape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Divola

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 19 × 24.2 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)
    mount: 40.5 × 50.7 cm (15 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.128.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Divola, Riverside, CA; gift to NGA (through Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA), 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by artist, lower center on mount below image in graphite: ANTELOPE VALLEY; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: ANTELOPE VALLEY # 145 / MARK RUWEDEL 2008; lower left: 5/10; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: Ruw2439JD

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