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Vanishing Cream

1973

American, born 1937

Egg yolk on waterfall rayon

35 7/8 × 40 in. (91.1 × 101.6cm)

Gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

2014.25.70

Provenance: [ACE Gallery, Douglas Chrismas, Vancouver, British Columbia]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington, 1973; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2014

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection of Modern Art, Mar. 4, 1999 - May 5, 1999.

Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, What is Real? American Art 1960 to 1975, Mar. 19 - June 19, 1994.

San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Works of Edward Ruscha, Mar. 25 - May 30, 1982 (New York, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, July 8 - Sept. 5, 1982; Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery, Oct. 4 - Nov. 28, 1982; San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio Museum of Art, Dec. 27, 1982 - Feb. 20, 1983; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mar. 21 - May 15, 1983).

Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Ed Ruscha, June 29 - Sept. 17, 2000 (Chicago, Illinois, Museum of Contemporary Art, Nov. 20, 2000 - Feb. 5, 2001; Miami, Florida, Miami Art Museum, Mar. 22 - June 3, 2001; Fort Worth, Texas, Modern Art Museum, July 1 - Sept. 30, 2001; Oxford, England, Museum of Modern Art, Oct. 27, 2001 - Jan. 13, 2002; Wolfsburg, Germany, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Feb. 1 - April 28, 2002). Cat. no. 50.

Seattle, Washington, Wright Exhibition Space, 9 from L.A., Sept. 26, 2013 - Apr. 25, 2014.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Pop Departures. Oct. 9, 2014 - Jan. 11, 2015. Text by Catharina Manchanda, et al. No cat. no., p. 103, reproduced p. 74 [no object number at time of publication].

Published ReferencesPoncy, Pat. “Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings.” New York, NY; Gottingen: Gagosian Gallery; Steidl, 2005. Cat. no. P1973.28. Pp.124 – 125.

Terbell, Melinda. “Ruscha Stain Paintings.” Artweek, 1973. P.5.

Katzman, Louise et. al. “I Don’t Want No Retro Spective: The Works of Edward Ruscha.” San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1982.

Wilson, William. Los Angeles Time review, April 18, 1982. P.82.

Albright, Thomas. “Ruscha’s Benumbing Images.” San Francisco Examiner, (issue unknown), 1982. P. 14.

Rickey, Carrie. “Ed Ruscha, Geographer.” Art in America, (issue unknown), 1982. P.85.

Benezra, Neal David. “Ed Ruscha.” Washington D.C.: Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, 2000. P.76 (illustrated).

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