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Edward Ruscha

Edward Ruscha

Artist

WA-00012585

PaintingPop ArtPhotographyOp Art

Representation

None documented

21

Institutional Exhibitions

286

Works in Collection

538

Assets Indexed

2

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

70%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Contemporary Works from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989–1990

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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In Honor of Toiny Castelli: Drawings from the Toiny and Leo Castelli Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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For 25 Years: Crown Point Press

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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American Prints, 1960�1985

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Printed Art: A View of Two Decades

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Movin'

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

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Views over America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Bookworks

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Prints: Acquisitions, 1973�1976

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976–1977

Field Verification (1 fields)

1 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyWikipedia + Ai Generated· 88%✓

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5086
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

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Graph relationships

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Movement

Pop Art

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (286)

EE-NUFF!

2020 · Offset lithograph

32 1/4 × 23" (81.9 × 58.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Boom Town from the portfolio The Met 150

Boom Town from the portfolio The Met 150

2020 · Lithograph with embossing

composition: 11 1/8 × 11 9/16" (28.3 × 29.4 cm); sheet: 15 × 15" (38.1 × 38.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

All Points from Artists for Obama

2008 · Lithograph from a portfolio of six lithographs (one with screenprint), three screenprints, three etchings (one with aquatint), and two drypoints with chine collé

Museum of Modern Art

Here and Now

2008 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 14 7/16 x 20 1/2" (36.7 x 52.1 cm); sheet: 17 3/16 x 23 1/8" (43.7 x 58.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

BLVD.-AVE.-ST.

2006 · Acrylic paint on canvas

support: 1782 x 2747 x 40 mm

DEC. 30th

2005 · Acrylic paint on paper

support: 1016 x 1524 mm

Untitled from Blank Signs

Untitled from Blank Signs

2004 · One from a portfolio of four etching and aquatints

plate: 7 7/8 x 7 7/8" (20 x 20 cm); sheet: 12 5/8 x 11 15/16" (32.1 x 30.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Blank Signs

Untitled from Blank Signs

2004 · One from a portfolio of four etching and aquatints

plate: 7 7/8 x 7 7/8" (20 x 20 cm); sheet: 12 5/8 x 11 15/16" (32.1 x 30.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Blank Signs

Untitled from Blank Signs

2004 · One from a portfolio of four etching and aquatints

plate: 7 7/8 x 7 7/8" (20 x 20 cm); sheet: 12 5/8 x 11 15/16" (32.1 x 30.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Blank Signs

Untitled from Blank Signs

2004 · One from a portfolio of four etching and aquatints

plate: 7 7/8 x 7 7/8" (20 x 20 cm); sheet: 12 5/8 x 11 15/16" (32.1 x 30.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2004 · Portfolio of four etching and aquatints

plate (each): 7 7/8 x 7 7/8" (20 x 20 cm); sheet (each): 12 5/8 x 11 15/16" (32.1 x 30.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

THE END #40

2003 · Acrylic paint on paper

support: 610 x 762 mm

DAILY PLANET

2003 · Acrylic paint on canvas

support: 1529 x 1529 x 40 mm

Pay Nothing Until April

Pay Nothing Until April

2003 · Acrylic paint on canvas

support: 1527 x 1525 x 40 mm

Bow-tie Teardrop from the series Bow-tie Landscapes

Bow-tie Teardrop from the series Bow-tie Landscapes

2003 · Digital print

image: 11 15/16 x 24" (30.4 x 61 cm); sheet: 17 9/16 x 29 1/16" (44.6 x 73.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bow-tie Palm Springs from the series Bow-tie Landscapes

2003 · Digital print

Sheet: 21 5/8 x 43 1/8" (54.9 x 109.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bow-tie Screwhead from the series Bow-tie Landscapes

Bow-tie Screwhead from the series Bow-tie Landscapes

2003 · Digital print

composition: 12 x 24" (30.5 x 61 cm); sheet: 17 9/16 x 29 1/16" (44.6 x 73.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bow-tie Rivet from the series Bow-tie Landscapes

2003 · Digital print

composition: 11 7/8 x 24" (30.2 x 61 cm); sheet: 17 9/16 x 29 1/16" (44.6 x 73.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tulsa Slut

2002 · Acrylic on canvas

63 1/2" x 6' (161.3 x 182.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vine/Melrose (for Parkett no. 55)

1999 · Lithograph

composition 22 1/4 x 30 1/16" (56.6 x 76.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

HOPE

1998 · Acrylic paint on paper

support: 1016 x 1524 mm

Gardner & Sunset

Gardner & Sunset

1998 · Pencil and crayon on printed paper

13 3/4 x 10 3/4" (34.4 x 26.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"L.C." from The Leo Castelli 90th Birthday Portfolio

1997 · Screenprint from a portfolio of four screenprints (one with hot stamping), three etchings (one with aquatint), one offset lithograph, and one lithograph

composition and sheets: 37 1/16 × 27 1/16" (94.2 × 68.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vowel #98 (O)

1996 · Acrylic paint on book cover

support: 250 x 255 mm

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Artwork sources (4)

286 published of 532 catalogued · 496 with image

MoMA
240 publishedof 486 catalogued464 img
Tate
32 published32 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
The Met
7 published

Record

Images

El Paso, Winslow, Arizona (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Edward Ruscha display 2018

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

California Academy of Sciences (TK2)

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

California Academy of Sciences (TK1)

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

De Young Museum (TK4)

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

RuschaGasolineStations

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Relationships

7

Movements3

Pop Art Photography Op Art

Collections4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate