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Edward Ruscha
Are1971

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Horizontal print with salmon-to-yellow gradient color field, centered white block letters spelling 'ARE' with a layered, collaged appearance

Edward Ruscha, Are, 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
Are
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1971
Medium
Gunpowder and pastel
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 29 in. (29.21 × 73.66 cm) Frame: 13 7/8 × 31 5/8 × 1 5/8 in. (35.24 × 80.33 × 4.13 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Modern and Contemporary Art Council
Accession Number
M.72.7.4
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

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