Captured in 2002 along the Mississippi River corridor that would become the backbone of Soth's landmark series "Sleeping by the Mississippi," this large-format photograph surveys a modest rural cemetery in Fountain City, Wisconsin with the quiet, unhurried attention that defines his practice. The image carries the muted palette and still-life gravity characteristic of Soth's early work, where ordinary Midwestern landscapes are rendered monumental through the deliberate slowness of his 8x10 view camera. Headstones, open sky, and the particular quality of upper-Midwest light converge into something that feels simultaneously documentary and deeply elegiac, resisting easy sentiment while accumulating genuine emotional weight. Soth's reputation as one of the most consequential American photographers of his generation rests substantially on work made during this period, and examples from this formative body of work rarely surface on the primary or secondary market. This print is signed by the artist, adding provenance value for serious collectors, and is currently held within the Milwaukee Art Museum, grounding it in a significant institutional context. The cemetery subject is emblematic of Soth's sustained engagement with mortality, longing, and the overlooked corners of American life, themes that have earned his photographs placement in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Guggenheim, among other major institutions. For collectors drawn to photography that operates at the intersection of narrative ambition and formal precision, this work represents a rare and compelling acquisition opportunity.