Detail View: The AMICA Library: Large Trademark with Eight Spotlights

AMICA ID: 
WMAA.85.41
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Paintings
Creator Name: 
Ruscha, Edward
Creator Role: 
Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
1937-
Gender: 
M
Creator Name-CRT: 
Edward Ruscha
Title: 
Large Trademark with Eight Spotlights
Title Type: 
Title
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
1962
Creation Start Date: 
1962
Creation End Date: 
1962
Materials and Techniques: 
Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 
66 3/4 x 133 1/4 in.(169.55 x 338.46 cm. )
Component Measured: 
Object
Measurement Dimension: 
Height
Measurement Value: 
169.55
Measurement Unit: 
cm
Component Measured: 
Object
Measurement Dimension: 
Width
Measurement Value: 
338.46
Measurement Unit: 
cm
Measurement Unit: 
cm
AMICA Contributor: 
Whitney Museum of American Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
85.41
Credit Line: 
Purchase, with funds from the Mrs. Percy Uris Purchase Fund
Inscriptions: 
On verso upper left in pencil: RODIN'S BALZAC
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Artist's collection 1962 -Ferris Gallery, Los AngelesCollection of Charles CowlesStephen Mazoh & Co., Inc.Collection of Francoise de Menil 1978 - 1988
Context - Date: 
1962 - 1962
Context - Person: 
Ruscha Edward
Context - Person: 
Uris, Percy, Mrs. Purchase Fund
Context - Person: 
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc.
Exhibition History: 
American Art in the Twentieth Century, Painting and Sculpture 1913-1993
Exhibition History: 
window, winter, 1994-95
Exhibition History: 
"Views from Abroad"- (1a in NY, with Stedelijk)
Exhibition History: 
"Views from Abroad" (1b in Stedelijk)
Exhibition History: 
"An American Story"
Exhibition History: 
The Magic of Numbers
Exhibition History: 
Sunshine & Noir. Art in LA 1960-1997
Exhibition History: 
The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000 (Part II)
Exhibition History: 
Edward Ruscha
Related Work Description: 
Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas, 1963, oil on canvas,65 x 121 1/4, Collection: Stephen Mazoh and Co., Inc.,New YorkTrademark Study #5, 1962, Ink on paper, 10 3/8 x 14 3/8,illus. p. 12, Guacamole Airlines and Other Drawings byEdward Ruscha, pub. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1980(See Catalogue worksheet for further information)
Related Image Identifier Link: 
WMAA.02051.tif