Detail View: The AMICA Library: Bronson Tropics
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1998.114
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Drawings and Watercolors
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Creator Name:
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Ruscha, Edward
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1937
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Edward Ruscha
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Title:
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Bronson Tropics
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1965
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Creation Start Date:
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1965
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Creation End Date:
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1965
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Materials and Techniques:
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graphite powder and graphite wash, with point of brush and graphite wash (ruled)
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Dimensions:
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Sheet: 35.5cm x 57.3cm, Image: 33cm x 54.6cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1998.114
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Credit Line:
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Inscriptions:
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signed, lower left, in graphite: Edward Ruscha 1965
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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Collection of the artist, 1965-1998. [Anthony d'Offay, London]
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Context:
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Edward Ruscha has lived and worked in Los Angeles since he moved there after high school in the 1950s. He was one of the first artists on the West Coast to work in the style that became known as Pop art. Like the New York artist Andy Warhol, Ruscha became interested in widely recognizable, com-mercial images. He was also influenced by the open, car-oriented spaces of Los Angeles, and by the architectural makeup of the city. Bronson Tropics derives from an illustrated book, Some Los Angeles Apartments, which the artist photographed himself and published in 1965. The buildings Ruscha photo-graphed were unremarkable, but he was interested in showing them objectively, presenting them in a context that would make the viewer take a second look. With this drawing, he transformed the look of the original building even further. Using a tonal technique of graphite powder, he streamlined the appearance of the façade to give the work the "slickness" of an advertisement.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1998.114.tif
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