Clark Valley

2002

Mark Ruwedel

Associated Names
Mark Ruwedel

Artist, American, born 1954

The image shows a desert landscape with a makeshift shelter made of sheets and wooden panels. Distant mountains form the horizon where they meet the sky. The mountains create a soft silhouette across the scene. The photograph has a monochromatic color palette of black, white, and grayscale. The ground texture is visible, along with some sparse desert flora. Scrubby vegetation surrounds the shelter in the middle ground.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of J. Patrick and Patricia A. Kennedy

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 19.05 × 24.13 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)
    mount: 40.64 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.163.64

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Gallery Luisotti, Los Angeles); Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy, San Leandro, CA; gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by artist, lower center on mount below image in graphite: CLARK VALLEY; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: CLARK VALLEY #2 / MARK RUWEDEL 2002

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