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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

Edward Ruscha, Ball Bearing and Pencil, 1971, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Modern and Contemporary Art Council, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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.
Copyright
© Ed Ruscha