Lucerne Valley

2005

Mark Ruwedel

Associated Names
Mark Ruwedel

Artist, American, born 1954

The image shows a single-story building viewed straight on from a slightly elevated point. The horizon is high in the composition with distant hills visible. The building appears weathered and slightly ramshackle, with a flat roof and a small overhang at the entrance supported by thin posts. One window has a mesh-patterned board, and there is air conditioning below another. The bare, textured ground in front of the building is cast with shadows. The color palette is monochromatic, with the entire photograph in shades of gray. Objects and fence sections are scattered in the distance to the right, with open land stretching beyond.
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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: 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.163.53


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, lower center on mount below image in graphite: LUCERNE VALLEY; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: LUCERNE VALLEY #2 / MARK RUWEDEL 2005; on recto, by unknown hand, bottom right in blue ink on applied label: Ruwedel M 00070


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