The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 23, 2025

Desert Springs #3A

2009

Mark Ruwedel

(American, b. 1954)
America
gelatin silver print, gold-toned
Paper: 20.4 x 25.4 cm (8 1/16 x 10 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2010.274
Location: Not on view

Description

In his photographs, Ruwedel explores the impact of humanity on the American West in both the distant and recent past. In the series Desert Houses, ruins of houses inhabit the arid landscape. Similarly, Ice Age documents traces of human activity on the landscape, from worn footpaths to ancient campsites. These fading records of interaction with the land stand as a testament to both human endeavor and geological process.
  • 2009-?
    Mark Ruwedel (the artist) [1954-]
    ?-2010
    (Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA)
    November 29, 2010
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Contemporary Landscape Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-August 14, 2011).
  • {{cite web|title=Desert Springs #3A|url=false|author=Mark Ruwedel|year=2009|access-date=23 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2010.274