Wonder Valley

2006

Mark Ruwedel

Associated Names
Mark Ruwedel

Artist, American, born 1954

The image shows a frontal view of a single-story building. The horizon is positioned above the roofline of the building, with distant mountains in the background. The building has a flat roof, two doorways, one window, signs of wear on the exterior, an antenna on the left and a small barbeque grill on the right. The style is photographic, with a monochromatic palette of soft grays. The landscape beyond the building is barren and rocky, with scattered shrubbery.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Divola

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 18.7 × 24.3 cm (7 3/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
    mount: 40.6 × 50.7 cm (16 × 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.128.5


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Divola, Riverside, CA; gift to NGA (through Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA), 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by artist, lower center on mount below image in graphite: WONDER VALLEY; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: WONDER VALLEY # 55 / MARK RUWEDEL 2006; lower left: 1/10; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: Ruw2440JD


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