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Artists›Ed Ruscha

Ed Ruscha

1937

WA-00000014

Omaha, NE, USA

Post-ImpressionismPop ArtPhotography

Representation

None documented

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Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ430967

Field Verification (7 fields)

4 cross-verified · 3 single-source

NationalityArtsy + Duplicate Merge+1· 85%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
BiographyGallery Gagosian + Gallery Generic+1· 80%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (11)

Marian-Goodmanhttps://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/
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Matthew-Markshttps://www.artsy.net/artist/ed-ruscha
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Theholehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/ed-ruscha
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Marianne-Boeskyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/ed-ruscha
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Kasminhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/ed-ruscha
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Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/ed-ruscha
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Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/ed-ruscha
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White-Cubehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/ed-ruscha
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Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/ed-ruscha
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Gagosianhttps://gagosian.com/artists/
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Movement

Post-Impressionism

Medium

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Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (50)

"L. C."

1997 · Color screenprint on white wove paper

94 × 68.8 cm (37 1/16 × 27 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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OLD SMOBILE

1994 · Acrylic on canvas

Overall: 72 1/8 × 72 1/8 in. (183.2 × 183.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Coyote

1989 · Lithograph on white wove paper

91.1 × 68.4 cm (35 7/8 × 26 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Ship)

1988 · Acrylic on white wove paper

151.2 × 100.4 cm (59 9/16 × 39 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rooster

1988 · Color aquatint and hard ground etching on white wove paper

90.7 × 56.5 cm (35 3/4 × 22 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

F House

1987 · Acrylic on canvas

116.8 × 203.2 cm (46 × 80 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Smaller Dish

1985 · Dry-pigment on paper

Sight: 101.6 × 152.4 cm (40 × 60 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

She Sure Knew Her Devotionals

1976 · Blue pastel, touches of graphite, on off-white wove paper

57.7 × 72.9 cm (22 3/4 × 28 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Seconals, Splinters

1976 · Gunpowder, brush and red watercolor, and yellow pastel, on white wove paper

72.5 × 100.1 cm (28 9/16 × 39 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Makeup Department

1975 · Silver dye-bleach print on display film, from the portfolio "Artists and Photographs" (1975)

40.6 × 50.7 cm (16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Moldy Fragments

1975 · Watercolor and brush and black wash, with powdered graphite, on off-white wove paper

36.2 × 57.9 cm (14 5/16 × 22 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Insect Slant, from Realities and Paradoxes

1973 · Lithograph and screenprint, from one stone and two screens, in gray and black, on white wove paper

Image/sheet: 56 × 76.5 cm (22 1/16 × 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

It's Only Vanishing Cream

1973 · Shellac on satin

91.4 × 101.6 cm (36 × 40 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Space

1971 · Gunpowder and pastel on cream wove paper

58.4 × 73.7 cm (23 × 29 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Drops

1971 · Lithograph on cream wove paper

51 × 71 cm (20 1/8 × 28 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Calgrove Blvd. & Wiley Canyon Rd., Newhall

1970 · Gelatin silver print, from "Real Estate Opportunities"

Image/paper: 11.3 × 11.5 cm (4 1/2 × 4 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Babycakes

1970 · Letterpress printed booklet, pink ribbon, felt

19 × 15.4 cm (7 1/2 × 6 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Adios

1969 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

23.8 × 55.7 cm (9 3/8 × 21 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mint

1969 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 24 × 55 cm (9 1/2 × 21 11/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 61.5 cm (16 15/16 × 24 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cheese Mold Standard with Olive

1969 · Color screenprint on ivory wove paper

Image: 49.4 × 93.5 cm (19 1/2 × 36 13/16 in.); Sheet: 64.7 × 101.2 cm (25 1/2 × 39 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Double Standard

1969 · Color screenprint on ivory wove paper

Image: 49.4 × 93.5 cm (19 1/2 × 36 13/16 in.); Sheet: 65.1 × 101.4 cm (25 11/16 × 39 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Moca Standard

1969 · Color screenprint on ivory wove paper

Image: 49.4 × 93.5 cm (19 1/2 × 36 13/16 in.); Sheet: 64.8 × 101.2 cm (25 9/16 × 39 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

City

1968 · Oil on canvas

139.7 × 121.9 cm (55 × 48 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trailer

1968 · Rubbed gunpowder on white wove paper

28.1 × 73 cm (11 1/8 × 28 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (2)

50 published of 50 catalogued · 48 with image

Art Institute Chicago
48 published48 img
Whitney
2 published

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Images

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Relationships

Movements4

Post-Impressionism Pop Art Photography Op Art

Collections4

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Background

Education

California Institute of the Arts

Visual Arts

Northwest Classen High School

Visual Arts

Chouinard Art Institute

Visual Arts

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