Edward Ruscha

Mock Up #33 (North East Corner of Hollywood and LaBrea)
1971

A faded photograph mounted on a cardboard frame with handwritten notes and sketches. The central image shows a tall, slender structure resembling a tower with a bulbous top, possibly a stylized palm tree, against a backdrop of indistinct buildings. The words "reduce to approx 1" are written near the top, while "Spire" is written at the bottom center. Additional notes on the frame include "KEEP FLAT," "NE HOLLYWOOD LA BREA," and some illegible text, along with the number "33" circled and "S.S. 64" in blue ink. The overall appearance suggests a conceptual or planning stage of a design or artwork.

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Date
1971

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print, tracing paper, pigment, pencil, and ink on board

Dimensions
Image: 7 × 5in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm) Overall (overlay): 8 1/2 × 5 1/2in. (21.6 × 14 cm) Mount (board): 9 3/4 × 7in. (24.8 × 17.8 cm)

Accession number
2004.597

Series
A Few Palm Trees

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

API
artworks/22702

Edward Ruscha
563 works in the collection

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Edward Ruscha

Mock Up #33 (North East Corner of Hollywood and LaBrea) 1971

Edward Ruscha 563 works in the collection

Mock Up #33 (North East Corner of Hollywood and LaBrea)
1971

Edward Ruscha
563 works in the collection