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Edward Ruscha
Santa Monica, Melrose, Beverly, La Brea, Fairfax1998

Not on view
Sepia-toned aerial photograph of a sandy surface incised with a diagonal grid of lines forming diamond shapes, with words written in the sand within several cells

Edward Ruscha, Santa Monica, Melrose, Beverly, La Brea, Fairfax, 1998, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Paul and Dorothy Toeppen, Alice and Nahum Lainer, Betty and Brack Duker, Jo Ann and Julian Ganz, Jr., Susan and David Gersh, Elyse and Stanley Grinstein, Terri and Michael Smooke, and others, through the 1999 Collectors Committee and the Modern and Contemporary Art Council, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Edward Ruscha
United States, Nebraska, Omaha, active California, Los Angeles, born 1937
Title
Santa Monica, Melrose, Beverly, La Brea, Fairfax
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1998
Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
60 x 112 in. (152.4 x 284.48 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Paul and Dorothy Toeppen, Alice and Nahum Lainer, Betty and Brack Duker, Jo Ann and Julian Ganz, Jr., Susan and David Gersh, Elyse and Stanley Grinstein, Terri and Michael Smooke, and others, through the 1999 Collectors Committee and the Modern and Contemporary Art Council
Accession Number
AC1999.102.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Hickey, Dave; Marshall, Richard D.; and Rimanelli, David. Edward Ruscha: Made in Los Angeles. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2002.
  • Cherix, Christophe, Ana Torok, and Kiko Aebi. Ed Ruscha - Now Then: A Retrospective. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2023.
Copyright
© Ed Ruscha