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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24194
People
Edward Ruscha, American (Omaha, NE born 1937)
Title
Business Cards
Classification
Prints
Work Type
artist's book
Date
1968
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191183

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Photolithograph
Dimensions
cover: 22.3 x 14.5 cm (8 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: signed
  • inscription: 1st page, blue ballpoint ink, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: To David / Ed / Ruscha

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ed Ruscha, gift; to David Bourdon. [Anthony Meyer Fine Art, San Francisco, California], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
1st
Standard Reference Number
E. B7 (contains M11)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Ed Ruscha
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
M24194
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Landmark Pictures: Ed Ruscha/Andreas Gursky, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 01/08/2000 - 03/19/2000

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