Edward Ruscha

Bay Oil Service, near Grants, New Mexico
1962

A vintage black and white photo of a classic American gas station with a water tower in the background that reads "Milan Motel Ahead." The gas station has signs for "Bay Oil Co." with gas prices listed at 29 cents. There are several 1950s-era cars parked and a Dr Pepper vending machine visible. The setting appears to be a dry, open area with few buildings and a large expanse of sky.
A vintage black and white photo of a classic American gas station with a water tower in the background that reads "Milan Motel Ahead." The gas station has signs for "Bay Oil Co." with gas prices listed at 29 cents. There are several 1950s-era cars parked and a Dr Pepper vending machine visible. The setting appears to be a dry, open area with few buildings and a large expanse of sky.

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Date
1962

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Image: 3 1/8 × 4 7/8in. (7.9 × 12.4 cm)

Accession number
2004.490

Series
Twentysix Gasoline Stations

Edition
Possibly 1/1

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
artworks/21045

Edward Ruscha
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