Lake Manly: Death Valley, a View of Ancient Lake Manly from Hells Gate (Evening)

1997

Mark Ruwedel

Associated Names
Mark Ruwedel

Artist, American, born 1954

The image shows a desert landscape with sparse vegetation and rocky terrain in the foreground. In the background, there are distant mountains against a clear sky with a gradient from light to dark. The overall color palette is monochromatic, with varying shades of gray suggesting a black and white photograph. The light is soft, indicating it may have been taken during morning or evening.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of J. Patrick and Patricia A. Kennedy

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 18.8 × 23.8 cm (7 3/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
    mount: 40.9 × 51.1 cm (16 1/8 × 20 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.163.44

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 MANLY; lower center below image: DEATH VALLEY / A VIEW OF ANCIENT LAKE MANLY FROM HELLS GATE / (EVENING); on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: HELLS GATE #1 (P.M.) / MARK RUWEDEL 1997

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