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View of the Big Picture

1963

Ed Ruscha

Associated Names

Ed Ruscha

Artist, American, born 1937

The image features three panels with bold, angular shapes and lines converging towards a central point. The red "20th Century Fox" lettering is overlaid on a structured geometric backdrop. The design includes strong diagonals, deep blues, and golden yellow accents in the background, giving it a three-dimensional effect.

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Artwork overview

Medium

colored pencil with pen and black ink over graphite on three sheets of wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of the Woodward Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Dimensions

sheet (each): 55.8 × 45.6 cm (21 15/16 × 17 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1976.56.172.a-c

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Woodward Foundation.

Associated Names

Woodward Foundation

Exhibition History

1981

Contemporary American Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, unnumbered brochure.

2001

A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 101a.

2013

Ed Ruscha - Los Angeles Apartments, Kunstmuseum Basel, 2013, 60-61, no. 28, repro.

2023

ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Broad Contemporary Art Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 2023 - 2024, 74-75, repro.

Bibliography

2001

A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 101a.

2013

Müller, Christian. Ed Ruscha-Los Angeles Apartments. Exh. Cat. (Kunstmuseum Basel, 2013), Göttingen: Steidl, 2013, 60-61, cat. no. 28.

2023

Cherix, Christophe. Ed Ruscha/Now Then. Exh. cat. The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 2023-2024: 42, 74-75.

Inscriptions

c) "E. Ruscha 1963" lower left margin, graphite.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64556254

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