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197011 7/16 x 29 1/16 in. (29.1 x 73.8 cm)
Edward Ruscha
American
Object Type:
Drawing
Medium and Support:
Gunpowder and pastel on paper
Credit Line:
The Charles Rand Penney Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery
Accession Number:
1975.289
Location: Not currently on view
Collection:
The Charles Rand Penney Collection
For a year, this drawing resided in the home of Vice President and Mrs. Walter Mondale, part of a group of 75 works of art from museums in the Northeast borrowed for the official residence on the grounds of the Naval Observatory in Washington. In a letter dated April 26, 1979, Joan Mondale wrote to Director John Mahey, “Having spent many of my working years in museums, I know that lending works of art brings mixed feelings—the pleasure of sharing, pride that the work has been sought, and the apprehension for one’s treasures. Be assured, your generosity in loaning works to the Vice President’s House is gratefully appreciated.” (Did Mrs. Mondale know that Pop artist Ed Ruscha’s lover was named Ultra Violet?)
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
Provenance
The artist; purchased from him through Contract Graphics Associates, Houston TX, by Charles Rand Penney, April 2, 1971; his gift to the Gallery in 1975
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Ed Ruscha: Drawings, Prints and Books 2/1/1971 - 2/26/1971
- Masterpieces for Rochester: Acquisitions Since 1975 11/24/1978 - 1/7/1979
- Art for the Vice-President's House from Northeast Museums Albright-Knox Art Gallery 3/20/1979 - 3/31/1980
- Modern Art in Rochester 7/18/1981 - 8/23/1981
- Master Drawings from the Memorial Art Gallery Rochester Institute of Technology 10/9/1982 - 11/4/1982
- Contemporary Prints and Drawings: Celebrating a Decade of Gifts from the Women's 3/16/1990 - 6/10/1990
- It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG's Collection 3/17/2013 - 6/9/2013
- Ed Ruscha: Ribbon Words 5/6/2016 - 7/1/2016
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: Acquisition: The Charles Rand Penney Foundation Collection. Article Scope: article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 41, Issue Number: 6. Issue Date: February 1976.
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- The Charles Rand Penney Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1976.
- Master Drawings from the Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, 1982.
- Article Scope: Catalogue Raisonné entry and reproduction. Lisa Turvey. Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Works on Paper. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2014. Volume Number: 1
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Dieter Buchhart. Ed Ruscha: Ribbon Words. New York, NY: Edward Tyler Nahem, 2016.
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It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue
Entry for this artwork in the It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue. The exhibition ran from March 17-June 9, 2013