Slab City

2005

Mark Ruwedel

Associated Names
Mark Ruwedel

Artist, American, born 1954

The image shows a flat expanse in a desert environment with low-lying bushes and mountains on the horizon under a cloudy sky. In the foreground, there is a white, box-like structure with rectangular openings and a pink animal carrier. Near this structure, there is a green propane tank, black cable coils, and assorted tools on a concrete surface. The landscape features desert vegetation like sagebrush and bushy plants with green and brown hues, leading towards distant mountains under a muted color palette dominated by blues, browns, and greens.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

Artwork overview


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: SLAB CITY; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: DOGHOUSE #5 / (SLAB CITY) / MARK RUWEDEL 2005


You may be interested in

Loading Results