Edward Ruscha

Whiting Bros., Williams, Arizona
1962

Black and white photograph of a vintage Whiting Bros gas station with a prominent sign, featuring gas prices and advertising for motel rooms. The station is situated on a quiet street with a few other signs and buildings visible in the background, evoking a mid-20th-century American roadside scene.
Black and white photograph of a vintage Whiting Bros gas station with a prominent sign, featuring gas prices and advertising for motel rooms. The station is situated on a quiet street with a few other signs and buildings visible in the background, evoking a mid-20th-century American roadside scene.

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Date
1962

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Image: 5 × 5 7/8in. (12.7 × 14.9 cm)

Accession number
2004.480

Series
Twentysix Gasoline Stations

Edition
Edition possibly 2

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Foundation, and Diane and Thomas Tuft

Rights and reproductions
© Ed Ruscha

API
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