Fort Rock Lake: Cougar Mountain Cave Cougar Mountain, Worked Obsidian, Newberry Volcanic Material

1996, printed 2004

Mark Ruwedel

Associated Names
Mark Ruwedel

Artist, American, born 1954

The image shows the view from inside a cave looking out towards a landscape. The cave ceiling is rugged, framing the top of the image. In the distance, there is a bright horizon where the sky meets a line of trees and bushes. The dark, rocky cave surface is in the foreground with stones and boulders on the floor. The landscape outside the cave features a desert-like terrain with sparse vegetation like bushes and small trees. The horizon is low, highlighting the vast sky. The image is in black and white, emphasizing the contrast between the dark cave and the bright landscape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    2 gelatin silver prints

  • Credit Line

    Gift of J. Patrick and Patricia A. Kennedy

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet (each): 37.2 × 48 cm (14 5/8 × 18 7/8 in.)
    mount: 60.96 × 121.92 cm (24 × 48 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.163.41


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: FORT ROCK LAKE; lower center below image: COUGAR MOUNTAIN CAVE COUGAR MOUNTAIN / WORKED OBSIDIAN NEWBERRY VOLCANIC MATERIAL; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: FORT ROCK LAKE: COUGAR MOUNTAIN CAVE / MARK RUWEDEL 1996 / (printed 2004)


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