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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Ruscha, Edward Creator Nationality: North American; American Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1937 Gender: M Creator Name-CRT: Edward Ruscha Title: Bronson Tropics Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1965 Creation End Date: 1965 Creation Date: 1965 Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors Materials and Techniques: graphite powder and graphite wash, with point of brush and graphite wash (ruled) Dimensions: Sheet: 35.5cm x 57.3cm, Image: 33cm x 54.6cm Inscriptions: signed, lower left, in graphite: Edward Ruscha 1965 AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1998.114 Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html Provenance: Collection of the artist, 1965-1998. [Anthony d'Offay, London] Context: 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. AMICA ID: CMA_.1998.114 AMICA Library Year: 2000 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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