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Edward Ruscha
City1969

Not on view
Horizontal print with slate-blue field and fluid white shapes resembling liquid cursive text, with scattered droplets, on deckle-edged paper

Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., Edward Ruscha, Robert B. Rogers, City, 1969, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum Purchase, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Edward Ruscha
United States, Nebraska, Omaha, active California, Los Angeles, born 1937
Publisher
Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc.
United States, California, Los Angeles, founded 1960
Printer
Robert B. Rogers
United States, born 1944
Title
City
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1969
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 × 24 1/4 in. (43.18 × 61.6 cm) Image: 5 3/4 × 17 in. (14.61 × 43.18 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Accession Number
M.70.81.301
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Engberg, Siri and Clive Philpott. Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999. Minneapolis: Walker Arts Center, 1999.
Copyright
© Ed Ruscha

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