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Edward Ruscha
L.A.1970

Not on view
Horizontal painting of two white folded paper forms resting on a pale surface against a gray-mauve background, with soft shadows in their interior angles
Artist or Maker
Edward Ruscha
United States, Nebraska, Omaha, active California, Los Angeles, born 1937
Title
L.A.
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1970
Medium
Gunpowder and pastel
Dimensions
Frame: 13 7/8 × 31 1/4 × 1 5/8 in. (35.24 × 79.38 × 4.13 cm) Sheet: 11 1/2 × 29 in. (29.21 × 73.66 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Modern and Contemporary Art Council
Accession Number
M.72.7.3
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Tuchman, Maurice. Ten Years of Contemporary Art Council Acquisitions: Inaugurating The New Contemporary Art Galleries. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973.
  • Rowell, Margit. Cotton Puffs, Q-Tips®, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2004.
  • A Focus on California: Selections from the Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • Hickey, Dave; Marshall, Richard D.; and Rimanelli, David. Edward Ruscha: Made in Los Angeles. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2002.