Chocolate Mountains: A Ceremonial Trail, on an Ancient Terrace

2001

Mark Ruwedel

Associated Names
Mark Ruwedel

Artist, American, born 1954

The image features a barren and rocky landscape. The ground is covered in small rocks and pebbles, with a faint trail cutting through. In the distance, jagged hills and rugged mountains are outlined against a pale, clear sky. The overall color palette is monochromatic, dominated by shades of gray. The horizon divides the land and the open sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dan and Jeanne Fauci

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 19.2 × 24.3 cm (7 9/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
    mount: 40.9 × 50.6 cm (16 1/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.112.8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dan Fauci, Pacific Palisades, CA; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by artist, lower center on mount below image in graphite: CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS / A CEREMONIAL TRAIL, ON AN ANCIENT TERRACE; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS: / A CEREMONIAL TRAIL / Mark Ruwedel 2001; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: RUW2169-D

Wikidata ID

Q64157790

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