Stains

1969

Ed Ruscha

Artist, American, born 1937

Ed Ruscha

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    unbound book of seventy-five stains on wove paper, with title page, checklist, and colophon page

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    accessory size (closed): 31.75 × 29.21 × 4.13 cm (12 1/2 × 11 1/2 × 1 5/8 in.)
    accessory size (open): 31.75 × 60.96 × 3.81 cm (12 1/2 × 24 × 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.60.1.1-75

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engberg 1999, no. B9

Associated Artworks

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Stains: Turpentine (T&R Factors of Texas)

Ed Ruscha, Heavy Industry Publications

1969

Stains: Gasoline (Mobil Ethyl)

Ed Ruscha, Heavy Industry Publications

1969

Stains: Wine (Chateau Latour 1962)

Ed Ruscha, Heavy Industry Publications

1969

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Gagosian Gallery, NY); purchased by NGA, 2013

Associated Names

Bibliography

1999

  • Engberg, Siri, and Clive Phillpot. Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999, Catalogue Raisonné. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1999: no. B9.

Inscriptions

upper center of colophon in blue ball-point pen: 67 / Ed Ruscha; lower right verso of title page in graphite by unknown hand: EX.81.242


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