Lake Bonneville: Great Salt Lake Desert, Wendover A.F.B., Atomic Bomb Loading Pit

1999

Mark Ruwedel

Associated Names
Mark Ruwedel

Artist, American, born 1954

The image shows a square concrete pit in the foreground, with a horizon dividing the sky and land in the middle of the frame. The land is flat, leading to a body of water in the distance. The sky is mostly clear with a horizontal cloud. The color palette is monochromatic in shades of gray. The concrete surface is rough and cracked. The scene conveys a sense of emptiness and solitude in a sparsely decorated setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 19 × 24.1 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)
    mount: 40.6 × 51 cm (16 × 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.113.4

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 BONNEVILLE; lower center below image: GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT / WENDOVER A.F.B. / ATOMIC BOMB LOADING PIT; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: WENDOVER: A BOMB LOADING PIT, #2 / Mark Ruwedel 99

Wikidata ID

Q64157795

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