Virginia and Truckee

1996

Mark Ruwedel

Associated Names
Mark Ruwedel

Artist, American, born 1954

The image shows a natural landscape with rocky terrain, possibly a gorge or valley. The horizon is low, with the ground sloping up to the center, framed by rocky cliffs. The sky is open and slightly textured. The foreground has rough ground with rocks and sparse vegetation. Surrounding the scene are jagged rock walls with shrubs and bushes. The black-and-white image has a high contrast between the sky and the rocks. The image is sharply focused on the natural elements.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Divola

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 19 × 24.1 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)
    mount: 40.6 × 50.6 cm (16 × 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.50.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Divola, Riverside, CA; gift to NGA (through Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA), 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by artist, lower center on mount below image in graphite: VIRGINIA AND TRUCKEE; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: VIRGINIA AND TRUCKEE # 2 / MARK RUWEDEL 1996; lower left: 6/10; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: Ruw2427JD

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