Course of Empire: Paintings by Ed Ruscha

Nov 17, 2005–Jan 29, 2006

Chinese newspaper with text and numbers on a gradient background.
Chinese newspaper with text and numbers on a gradient background.

Edward Ruscha, The Old Tool & Die Building, 2004. Acrylic and colored pencil on canvas, overall: 52 1/8 × 116 1/8 in. (132.4 × 295 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2005.135. © Ed Ruscha

Course of Empire: Paintings by Ed Ruscha was presented by the Whitney in association with the Harvard University Art Museums. The exhibition was curated by Donna DeSalvo and Linda Norden.




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