Harvard Art Museums > M26554.1-4: Blank Signs Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Blank Signs (Edward Ruscha) , M26554.1-4,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 31, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/5672. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M26554.1-4 People Edward Ruscha, American (Omaha, NE born 1937) Title Blank Signs Other Titles Series/Book Title: Blank Signs Classification Prints Work Type portfolio Date 2004 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/5672 Physical Descriptions Technique Etching and aquatint Dimensions plate: 19.9 x 19.8 cm (7 13/16 x 7 13/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Each print signed in pencil: Ed Ruscha 2004 and embossed: J S signed: "Ed Rusch Provenance Recorded Ownership History Anthony and Celeste Meier, San Francisco, California, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, August 16, 2005. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Anthony and Celeste Meier in honor of Marjorie B. Cohn Copyright © Ed Ruscha Accession Year 2005 Object Number M26554.1-4 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Grey, cloth bound board portfolio, no image or text on portfolio cover; five separate sheets cream paper; frontispiece embossed in letterpress on recto and verso; four separate images, each centered on page. Portfolio with five sheets: Frontispiece - Letterpress (printed recto and verso) TL 39740 (Parent record) Four prints - each etching with aquatint Each page: 32.3 x 30.5 cm 12 7/16 x 12 inches Plate dimensions on prints: 19.9 x 19.8 cm 7 7/8 x 7 ¾ inches Edition of 35: 28/25 TL 39740.1 - 4 Design: Ed Ruscha and Jacob Samuel Technique: Etching with aquatint Printing: Jacob Samuel and Eric Ziemann Letterpress: Les Ferriss Project coordinator: Chelsea Hadley Paper: Magnani Pescia Edition: 35 Artist's Proofs: 5 Lapis Proofs: 2 Printer's Proofs: 2 BAT: 1 Co-published by Lapis/Edition Jacob Samuel Related Works M26554.1 Edward Ruscha Untitled (Blank Signs) Prints M26554.2 Edward Ruscha Untitled (Blank Signs) Prints M26554.3 Edward Ruscha Untitled (Blank Signs) Prints M26554.4 Edward Ruscha Untitled (Blank Signs) Prints Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
