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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.
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.