It's Recreational

1982

Ed Ruscha

Artist, American, born 1937

Alan Holoubek

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Yasutoshi Ishibashi

Printer, Japanese, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in blue and red on Arches 88 wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 63.5 × 86.2 cm (25 × 33 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1988.74.140

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engberg 1999, no. 118

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1988 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

1990

  • Gemini G.E.L.: American Master Prints, Glasgow Print Studio, Scotland, 1990.

1992

  • Master Prints from Gemini G.E.L., National Lending Service, Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Georgia; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa; Midland Center for the Arts, Texas; Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Maier Museum of Art, Randolph College, Lynchburg, Virginia; Wichita Art Museum, Kansas; Art Institute for the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas; Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida; Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana; Augustana College Art Gallery, Rock Island, Illinois; St. John’s Museum of Art, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1992-1997

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1008.

1999

  • Engberg, Siri, and Clive Phillpot. Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999, Catalogue Raisonné. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1999, no. 118

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 45.13. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: N.G.A.; lower right in graphite: Ed Ruscha 82; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: ER82-1037

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: © Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

Wikidata ID

Q74882113

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