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Edward Ruscha
Flipping, Kicking, Howling, Rolling, Sitting, Standing, Climbing, Telling1988

Not on view
Abstract print in black ink on cream paper, featuring a roughly circular mesh-patterned form with a crescent-shaped white void at center and loose gestural brushstrokes
Mixed media work on paper with horizontal yellow line texture; a dense, irregular black form spreads across the upper center, applied with heavy gestural marks against the pale ground.
Mixed-media work on paper depicting a wolf-like animal with head raised, rendered in dense graphite hatching against a white ground scattered with fine red marks and gestural scribblings.
Work on paper with dense stippled mark-making in black and pale blue forming a jagged, irregular shape at left center, surrounded by concentric circular strokes on a white ground.
Print of a low-roofed building seen from below, rendered entirely in dense repeated black marks suggesting thatch or shingles; scattered blue dashes fill the pale sky above.
Print of a standing figure in three-quarter back view, rendered in black crosshatched texture with red splotches on a full skirted dress, against a white ground with scattered red marks.
Drawing of a vehicle seen from a low angle against a pale cream background, rendered in layered red and black marks creating a dense, textured hatching pattern across the lower half of the composition.
Print with crosshatched black border framing a centrally placed hourglass form in warm golden-yellow, rendered with a fine textured mark-making technique on cream paper.

Edward Ruscha, Flipping, Kicking, Howling, Rolling, Sitting, Standing, Climbing, Telling, 1988, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Jane & Marc Nathanson Family Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Edward Ruscha
Title
Flipping, Kicking, Howling, Rolling, Sitting, Standing, Climbing, Telling
Date Made
1988
Medium
Bound book of eight etchings on Rives BFK paper
Dimensions
Encasing: 20 5/8 × 16 1/2 × 7/8 in. (52.39 × 41.91 × 2.22 cm) Closed book: 20 1/4 × 16 1/4 × 9 3/16 in. (51.44 × 41.28 × 23.28 cm) Sheet (each): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm) Image (each): 10 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (27.62 × 27.62 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Jane & Marc Nathanson Family Foundation
Accession Number
M.2005.132.42a-h
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Cherix, Christophe, Ana Torok, and Kiko Aebi. Ed Ruscha - Now Then: A Retrospective. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2023.
Copyright
© Ed Ruscha

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