Edward Ruscha

Life

1977

Large red block letters spelling LIFE stand against an orange sunset above a dark horizon.
Large red block letters spelling LIFE stand against an orange sunset above a dark horizon.

Edward Ruscha, Life, 1977. Airbrush and acrylic, opaque watercolor and collage on paper, sheet: 17 1/2 × 20 7/8 in. (44.5 × 53 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2005.52. © Ed Ruscha

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Date
1977

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Airbrush and acrylic, opaque watercolor and collage on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 20 7/8 in. (44.5 × 53 cm)

Accession number
2005.52

Edition
29/83

Credit line
Gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President

Rights and reproductions
© Ed Ruscha

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