Edward Ruscha

[Printer's Proof for a Few Palm Trees]
1971

Four different styles of palm trees are sketched in black ink on a white background. The top left shows a palm with a long horizontal trunk and sparse foliage, while the top right features a more traditional-looking palm with a tall, slender trunk and a full crown of leaves. Below, the bottom left sketch depicts a palm with a shorter trunk and drooping fronds, and the bottom right shows a dense, bushy palm with a thick cluster of leaves. Handwritten notes and measurements are visible on the left side, indicating the scale of the drawings.
Four different styles of palm trees are sketched in black ink on a white background. The top left shows a palm with a long horizontal trunk and sparse foliage, while the top right features a more traditional-looking palm with a tall, slender trunk and a full crown of leaves. Below, the bottom left sketch depicts a palm with a shorter trunk and drooping fronds, and the bottom right shows a dense, bushy palm with a thick cluster of leaves. Handwritten notes and measurements are visible on the left side, indicating the scale of the drawings.

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Date
1971

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 1/2in. (27.8 × 21.6 cm)

Accession number
2004.573

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

Rights and reproductions
© Ed Ruscha

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