Lucerne Valley

2008

Mark Ruwedel

Associated Names
Mark Ruwedel

Artist, American, born 1954

The image displays a small weathered house seen from the front. A stone path leads to a wire gate near the house entrance. The yard has scattered rocks and a sandy surface. The house has a worn facade. A boundary fence surrounds the property, and a wooden shed is visible to the left. In the background, low hills or mountains are seen against a vast sky. The image is in black and white, accentuating the textures and details of the environment and the house.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Divola

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 19 × 24.3 cm (7 1/2 × 9 9/16 in.)
    mount: 40.5 × 50.6 cm (15 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.128.9

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: LUCERNE VALLEY; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: LUCERNE VALLEY # 37 / MARK RUWEDEL 2008; lower left: 4/10; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: Ruw2444JD

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