Standard Station

1966

Ed Ruscha

Associated Names
Ed Ruscha

Artist, American, born 1937

Art Krebs

Printer, American

Audrey Sabol

Publisher

This is a print of a gas station made with clean, sharp lines and bright colors. The building is angled, with all of the gas pumps on the left, and above them is a large red sign with the word "STANDARD." The pumps are also bright red and appear to have the Chevron logo. The building itself is white, with a flat dark blue roof extending outward to create a covered area over the pumps and a strip of red at the bottom of the building. The background behind the gas station is a vivid gradient of cool blue at the top blending into warm orange at the bottom. Surrounding the print is a border of off-white paper.
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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G25

Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sotheby's, NY); Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT, 1982; purchased 2008 by NGA

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 122.

Bibliography

1999

  • Engberg, Siri, and Clive Phillpot. Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999, Catalogue Raisonné. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1999: no. 5.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Edward Ruscha 1966 5/50

Wikidata ID

Q76440466

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