Lake Lahontan: Forty-Mile Desert, Parran Flat, Abandoned Salt Works

1997

Mark Ruwedel

Associated Names
Mark Ruwedel

Artist, American, born 1954

The image shows a desert landscape with a flat horizon and distant hills or mountains under a bright sky. The foreground features textured ground with scattered wooden posts and debris. The ground is uneven, showing patches of mud and sand. The scene is monochromatic with high contrast between light and shadow areas. There are few sparse clouds in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 19.2 × 24 cm (7 9/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
    mount: 40.5 × 51 cm (15 15/16 × 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.113.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dan and Mary Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by artist, upper center on mount above image in graphite: LAKE LAHONTAN; lower center below image: FORTY-MILE DESERT / PARRAN FLAT / ABANDONED SALT WORKS; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Mark Ruwedel 97 / (printed 99)

Wikidata ID

Q64157794

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