Chocolate Room

1970

Ed Ruscha

Artist, American, born 1937

William Weege

Printer, American, born 1935

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    screenprint with chocolate paste on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn)

  • Dimensions

    image: 33.5 × 56.83 cm (13 3/16 × 22 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 46.04 × 70.01 cm (18 1/8 × 27 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.3416

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engberg 1999, no. M16

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Olga Hirshhorn, Washington, DC, 1970; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • Olga Hirshhorn Collects: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2007

Bibliography

1999

  • Engberg, Siri, and Clive Phillpot. Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999, Catalogue Raisonné. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1999: no. M16.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: For Olga; lower right in graphite: Ed Ruscha 1970; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: OR8274; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: Chocolate / Poster / By / Edw. Ruscha / 1970 / Venice / Biennial

Wikidata ID

Q77010349

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