Lake Cahuilla: Yuha Desert, Where the Ancient Trail Divides into Three (Looking North)

1996

Mark Ruwedel

Associated Names
Mark Ruwedel

Artist, American, born 1954

The image depicts a rocky desert landscape captured from a ground-level perspective. The horizon is high, showing low-lying mountains in the distance, scattered desert shrubs, and a texture of small rocks and pebbles leading towards the horizon. The color palette is mostly grays and earth tones, emphasizing the simplicity of the environment in a monochromatic style. The barren land stretches far into the distance, highlighting the open and sparse nature of the arid landscape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of J. Patrick and Patricia A. Kennedy

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 37.5 × 47.8 cm (14 3/4 × 18 13/16 in.)
    mount: 60.96 × 71.12 cm (24 × 28 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.163.38

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Gallery Luisotti, Los Angeles); Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy, San Leandro, CA; gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by artist, upper center on mount above image in graphite: LAKE CAHUILLA; lower center below image: YUHA DESERT / WHERE THE ANCIENT TRAIL DIVIDES INTO THREE / (LOOKING NORTH); on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: YUHA DESERT: ANCIENT TRAIL DIVIDING INTO THREE / (LOOKING NORTH) / MARK RUWEDEL 1996

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