America Her Best Product

1974

Ed Ruscha

Associated Names
Ed Ruscha

Artist, American, born 1937

Cirrus Editions

Printer

Lorillard, A Division of Loews Theatres, Inc.

Publisher

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Lorillard Tobacco Company, 1975)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 79.69 × 59.69 cm (31 3/8 × 23 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2594

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engberg 1999, no. 78

  • Portfolio Title

    Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lorillard Tobacco Company, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1975; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1976

  • Artists Celebrate the Bicentennial, United States Information Agency (Tour of Europe), 1976-1977

2007

  • Looking for the "There There": California Art from the Collection, 1950-2000, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2007-2008

Bibliography

1975

  • Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence. New York: Lorillard Company, 1975, pp. 26-27.

1999

  • Engberg, Siri, and Clive Phillpot. Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999, Catalogue Raisonné. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1999, no. 78.

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: 8/125; lower center verso in graphite: Edward Ruscha 74; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 179C-ER74

Watermarks

RIVES BFK

Wikidata ID

Q77012564

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