House Plowed Around, North Dakota

November 1990

Wayne Gudmundson

Associated Names
Wayne Gudmundson

Artist, American, born 1949

The image shows a low angle view across plowed soil leading towards an abandoned cabin in the distance. The horizon is high in the frame, emphasizing the open sky above. The cabin is slightly to the right, with a tall evergreen tree and a leafless deciduous tree nearby. Tracks in the soil curve around this central grouping towards the cabin. The color palette is black and white, with a range of tones from dark soil to lighter sky. The image evokes a sense of solitude in the rural landscape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 31.7 × 40.8 cm (12 1/2 × 16 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.4 × 50.6 cm (15 7/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.73

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Wayne Gudmundson, Moorhead, MN; Paine Webber & Co., New York, 18 December 1991; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom center in graphite: 1/50 WAYNE GUDMUNDSON; bottom right: 11/90/13-3

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