id: 160195
accession number: 1998.114
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.114
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Bronson Tropics, 1965. Edward Ruscha (American, 1937-). Graphite powder and graphite wash, with point of brush and graphite wash; sheet: 35.5 x 53.7 cm (14 x 21 1/8 in.); image: 33 x 54.6 cm (13 x 21 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1998.114
title: Bronson Tropics
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creation date: 1965
creation date earliest: 1965
creation date latest: 1965
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: graphite powder and graphite wash, with point of brush and graphite wash
department: Drawings
collection: DR - American 20th Century
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Edward Ruscha (American, 1937-) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 35.5 x 53.7 cm (14 x 21 1/8 in.); Image: 33 x 54.6 cm (13 x 21 1/2 in.)
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description: cream(1) wove paper
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inscription: signed, lower left, in graphite: Edward Ruscha 1965
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2000-08-27T00:00:00
Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).
title: Cotton Puffs, Q-Tips, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha
opening date: 2004-06-24T00:00:00
Cotton Puffs, Q-Tips, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (organizer) (June 24-September 26, 2004).
title: Ed Ruscha: Road Tested
opening date: 2011-01-23T00:00:00
Ed Ruscha: Road Tested. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX (organizer) (January 23-April 17, 2011).
title: Ed Ruscha - Los Angeles Apartments
opening date: 2013-06-08T00:00:00
Ed Ruscha - Los Angeles Apartments. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland (organizer) (June 8-September 29, 2013).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art, Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 229) (April 14 - July 28, 2014).', 'opening_date': '2014-04-14T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Ed Ruscha: New Paintings and a Retrospective of Works on Paper. Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London (1998).", 'opening_date': '1998-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Edward Ruscha Los Angeles Apartments 1965. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (July 27 - October 14, 1990).', 'opening_date': '1990-07-27T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Works of Ed Ruscha. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (March 25 - May 23, 1982); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (July 8 - September 5, 1982); Vancouver Art Gallery (October 4 - November 28, 1982); San Antonio Museum of Art (December 27, 1982 - February 20, 1983); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (March 17 - May 15, 1983).', 'opening_date': '1982-03-25T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Graphic Works by Edward Ruscha. Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand (August - October 1978).', 'opening_date': '1978-08-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Ed Ruscha. Stedelijk Museum, Prentenkabinet, Amsterdam (March 26 - May 9, 1976).', 'opening_date': '1976-03-26T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Edward Ruscha (Ed-Werd Rew-Shay), Young Artist. Minneapolis Institute of Arts (April 18 - May 28, 1972).', 'opening_date': '1972-04-18T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Edward Ruscha [1937-], Los Angeles, CA
date: 1965 - 1998
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(Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: 1998
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1998-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
DeGrazia, Diane and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 280-281, 298; Reproduced: p. 281
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Edward Ruscha (Ed-Werd Rew-Shay), Young Artist. Exh. Cat. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1972.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: no. 14
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Graphic Works by Edward Ruscha. Exh. Cat. Auckland: Auckland City Art Gallery, 1978.
page number: Mentioned: p. 87, 122, no. 61; Reproduced: p. 87
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Guacamole Airlines and Other Drawings by Edward Ruscha. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1980.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 20, no. 12
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Livet, Anne. The Works of Edward Ruscha. Exh. Cat. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1982
page number: Mentioned: p. 176, no. 66; reproduced: p. 66, plate 28
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Edward Ruscha: Words Without Thoughts Never to Heaven Go. Exh. Cat. Lake Worth, FL: Lannan Museum, 1988.
page number: Mentioned: p. 61, no. 24; Reproduced: p. 38
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Marshall, Richard. Edward Ruscha: Los Angeles Apartments, 1965. Exh. Cat. New York: Whitney Museum, 1990.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 19.
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Whitington, G. Luther. "Where the West Sinks Slowly into the Sun." Journal of Art (April 1991): 26-27.
page number: Reproduced: p. 27
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Wakefield, Neville and Dave Hickey. Ed Ruscha: New Paintings and a Retrospective of Works on Paper. Exh. Cat. London: Anthony d'Offay, 1998.
page number: Reproduced: p. 27
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Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Acquires Major New Sculpture, Rare Chinese Prints, Contemporary Prints, Drawings & Photographs,” October 30, 1998, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr4215
Perrone, Jeff. "Ed Ruscha's Illuminated Manuscripts." Parkett 55 (1999): 26-39.
page number: Reproduced: p. 29
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Schwartz, Alexandra, ed. Leave Any Information at the Signal: Writings, Interviews, Bits, Pages. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002.
page number: Reproduced: p. 222
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Rowell, Margit, and Cornelia H. Butler. Cotton Puffs, Q-Tips, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2004.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: no. 32
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Wolf, Sylvia. Ed Ruscha and Photography. Exh. Cat. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2004.
page number: Mentioned: p. 285, no. 269; Reproduced: p. 233
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Auping, Michael. Ed Ruscha: Road Tested. Exh. Cat. Fort Worth: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2011.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 67
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Müller, Christian. Ed Ruscha: Los Angeles Apartments. Exh. Cat. Basel: Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett, 2013.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 67-68, 138-142, 160, no. 71; Reproduced: p. 142
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