Edward Ruscha

Sunset Alvarado, Market Sign (Corner of Sunset and Alvarado Looking West)
1961

A sketch of a billboard with annotations and corrections. The billboard features the text "SUNSET ALVARADO 24 HOUR MARKET" and "Barbara Ann BREAD" with a partially visible "The PIZZA P" at the bottom. The drawing includes red and black outlines with handwritten notes suggesting cropping options. A green sticker with "LAMA #30" is affixed to the bottom left corner.
A sketch of a billboard with annotations and corrections. The billboard features the text "SUNSET ALVARADO 24 HOUR MARKET" and "Barbara Ann BREAD" with a partially visible "The PIZZA P" at the bottom. The drawing includes red and black outlines with handwritten notes suggesting cropping options. A green sticker with "LAMA #30" is affixed to the bottom left corner.

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Date
1961

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm) Image: 9 7/16 × 7 9/16in. (24 × 19.2 cm)

Accession number
2004.525

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

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Edward Ruscha
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