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Edward Ruscha
Actual1989

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Print with sprayed cream and yellow light column against a black rectangle, overlaid with the word 'ACTUAL' in steel blue block letters; pencil edition number and signature below
Artist or Maker
Edward Ruscha
Title
Actual
Date Made
1989
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 × 11 in. (22.86 × 27.94 cm) Image: 5 1/8 × 6 7/8 in. (13.02 × 17.46 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Jane & Marc Nathanson Family Foundation
Accession Number
M.2005.132.54.9
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Copyright
© Ed Ruscha

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