Big Dipper over Desert
1982
Artist, American, born 1937
Publisher

Artwork overview
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Medium
color aquatint on Somerset wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 60 x 90.5 cm (23 5/8 x 35 5/8 in.)
sheet: 76.2 x 110.8 cm (30 x 43 5/8 in.) -
Accession
1998.40.395
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Catalogue Raisonné
Engberg 1999, no. 131
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Acquired by NGA in 1998 directly from Kathan Brown.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2017
The American Dream: Pop to the Present, The British Museum, London, 2017, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1999
Engberg, Siri, and Clive Phillpot. Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999, Catalogue Raisonné. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1999: no. 131.
2017
Coppel, Stephen, et al. The American Dream: Pop to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson, 2017, p. 120, no. 66.
Inscriptions
in graphite lower left: O.K.T.P.; lower right: Ed Ruscha
Watermarks
somerset / ENGLAND
Wikidata ID
Q75416248