America Her Best Product
1974
Artwork overview
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Medium
color lithograph on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 79.69 × 59.69 cm (31 3/8 × 23 1/2 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.2594
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Catalogue Raisonné
Engberg 1999, no. 78
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