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Hollywood

1968

Ed Ruscha

Associated Names

Ed Ruscha

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows the Hollywood sign on a distant hill. The horizon is low in the composition, with a vast sky transitioning from brown to golden. The brushwork is smooth, with seamless color gradients. The color palette is warm, with browns, yellows, and muted golden tones. The sign is prominently lit on the right side, contrasting with the hill and the sky.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color screenprint on laid paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation
Dimensions

image: 31.75 × 103.51 cm (12 1/2 × 40 3/4 in.)
sheet: 44.45 × 112.4 cm (17 1/2 × 44 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.255
Catalogue Raisonné

Engberg 1999, no. 7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

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. 7.

2017

Coppel, Stephen, et al. The American Dream: Pop to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson, 2017, p. 112, no. 58.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 72/100 E. Ruscha 1968; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 5842 ©

Wikidata ID

Q76440464

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