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Edward Ruscha
Ball Bearing and Pencil1971

Not on view
Horizontal painting of two small objects — a teal marble and a yellow pencil — centered in a vast, softly graded field shifting from peach to gray
Artist or Maker
Edward Ruscha
Title
Ball Bearing and Pencil
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1971
Medium
Gunpowder and pastel
Dimensions
Frame: 13 7/8 × 31 1/2 × 1 5/8 in. (35.24 × 80.01 × 4.13 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Modern and Contemporary Art Council
Accession Number
M.72.7.2
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • A Focus on California: Selections from the Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • Tuchman, Maurice. Ten Years of Contemporary Art Council Acquisitions: Inaugurating The New Contemporary Art Galleries. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973.