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Edward Ruscha
Parking Lots #1-#301967, printed 1999

Not on view
Black and white aerial photograph looking straight down onto a dense urban grid, centered on a large rectangular highway interchange with curving ramps forming geometric patterns
Gelatin silver print, aerial view of a largely empty parking lot with white-painted stall markings in angled rows, cracked asphalt surface visible, a low building at upper left, open scrubland beyond a road at top.
Gelatin silver print, aerial view of a large empty parking lot with diagonal painted stall markings arranged in parallel rows, small trees planted at regular intervals throughout, and painted pavement text reading "Keep Clear – Fire Lane" along the lower edge.
Gelatin silver print, aerial view of a large parking lot with parallel rows of evenly spaced trees in elongated oval planters, casting diagonal shadows across the paved surface, surrounded by residential streets and dense tree cover.
Gelatin silver print, aerial view of a large empty parking lot occupying a full city block, surrounded by residential streets, houses with trees, and smaller commercial lots with parked cars.
Gelatin silver print aerial photograph of a suburban commercial corridor, showing a multi-lane highway with sparse vehicle traffic bisecting the frame, flanked by flat-roofed commercial buildings, an empty striped parking lot, and scrubby undeveloped land with scattered trees.
Black and white aerial photograph of a large suburban retail complex with expansive parking lots divided by rows of young trees, adjacent to a rectangular building with a large 'MAY CO' sign, bordered by residential neighborhoods and a highway interchange.
Gelatin silver print, aerial view of a large paved parking lot with diagonal white striping, bordered by a road with trees, adjacent buildings, and scattered parked vehicles visible at the edges.
Aerial black and white photograph of a suburban commercial district, featuring a large empty parking lot with parallel striped spaces at center, flanked by a busy multi-lane boulevard with mid-century automobiles, a strip mall parking lot to the right, and single-family residential neighborhood to the left.
Gelatin silver print, aerial view of a suburban parking lot with painted white striping in diagonal and grid patterns, surrounded by flat-roofed commercial buildings, residential structures with trees, and a road at bottom edge.
Gelatin silver print aerial photograph of a large commercial parking lot with painted stall lines and directional arrows, adjacent to a flat-roofed building with a gridded facade; residential neighborhood with trees and houses visible at top.
Aerial black-and-white photograph of a suburban commercial district, showing a large flat-roofed retail building surrounded by extensive striped parking lots, bisected by a diagonal road or rail line.
Gelatin silver print, aerial photograph of a baseball stadium at center, surrounded by concentric rings of parking lots with tree-lined lanes, set within a hillside landscape with urban infrastructure and freeway interchanges visible at the edges.
Aerial black and white photograph of a suburban commercial district, featuring a large flat-roofed building surrounded by parking lots, with multi-story residential buildings, vacant lots with scrub vegetation, and a wide street with sparse traffic at lower edge.
Gelatin silver print, aerial view of a suburban intersection with a wide boulevard lined with palm trees, cars in motion below, a flat-roofed commercial building with a grid-patterned parking lot at center, and residential houses with tiled roofs and tree-filled yards beyond.
Aerial black and white photograph of a drive-in theater, showing concentric semicircular rows of speaker posts radiating from a central projection booth, with a large screen structure at lower left and surrounding parking lots and roadways.
Aerial black and white photograph of a suburban commercial complex with large flat-roofed buildings, expansive striped parking lots, and a baseball diamond with semicircular bleachers visible in the upper portion, surrounded by agricultural fields and a highway at the bottom edge.
Aerial gelatin silver print of a large empty parking lot with white-striped stalls arranged in parallel rows, surrounded by bare graded earth and sparse young trees, a highway visible at upper right.
Gelatin silver print, aerial view of an urban industrial complex with rows of parked buses or trailers at left, a central parking lot with herringbone lane markings, flat-roofed warehouse buildings, and a large empty lot with painted stall lines at upper right.
Gelatin silver print, aerial view of a mid-century urban streetscape with a multi-story rectangular commercial building at center, surrounded by low-rise residential structures, parking lots, and a busy multi-lane boulevard with strip mall and parking areas visible in the background.
Gelatin silver print, aerial view of a suburban commercial area with multiple parking lots marked with white directional arrows and striped spaces, surrounded by low-rise buildings and scattered trees.
Aerial black and white photograph looking down at a mid-century modern office building with a glass curtain wall facade, adjacent to a diagonal multi-lane highway with a parking lot, surrounded by open land and sparse trees.
Gelatin silver print aerial photograph of a large empty parking lot divided into two sections, with white-painted stall markings arranged in diagonal rows, bordered by roads and tree lines.
Gelatin silver print, aerial photograph of a large suburban shopping complex with vast surrounding parking lots, flanked by railroad tracks and a curved highway, with residential neighborhoods at lower left.
Gelatin silver print aerial photograph of a mid-20th-century urban commercial district, showing a large department store building with rooftop signage, surrounded by extensive surface parking lots with parallel rows of parked cars, bisected by wide intersecting boulevards.
Gelatin silver print aerial photograph of a college campus featuring an oval running track with infield, an adjacent triangular parking lot with rows of cars, winding roads through graded hillside terrain, and large letters reading "PIERCE COLLEGE" cut into a hillside at upper left.
Aerial black and white photograph of a large grid-patterned parking lot with evenly spaced trees, flanked by low-rise institutional buildings at left, agricultural fields at upper center, a residential neighborhood at right, and a rail corridor running diagonally along the right edge.
Black and white aerial photograph of an urban commercial district, featuring a tall modernist office tower labeled "California Federal" at center right, surrounded by large surface parking lots, low-rise commercial buildings, and intersecting streets.
Gelatin silver print, aerial photograph of an urban commercial district with flat-roofed buildings, surface parking lots with visible stall markings, and intersecting streets, shot at an oblique angle.
Gelatin silver print aerial photograph of an urban intersection, showing a diagonal multi-lane highway crossing a parallel grid of streets, with mid-century commercial and civic buildings, surface parking lots, and a tree-lined boulevard at left.
Artist or Maker
Edward Ruscha
United States, Nebraska, Omaha, active California, Los Angeles, born 1937
Title
Parking Lots #1-#30
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1967, printed 1999
Medium
(Thirty) gelatin-silver prints
Dimensions
Image (each): 15 × 15 in. (38.1 × 38.1 cm) Primary support (each): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm) Mat (each): 21 3/8 × 21 1/8 in. (54.29 × 53.66 cm) Overall: 25 1/2 × 25 1/2 × 9 9/16 in. (64.77 × 64.77 × 24.29 cm)
Credit Line
Ralph M. Parsons Discretionary Fund
Accession Number
M.2001.27.1-.30
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography