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Photo: Paul Macapia
An Exhibition of Gasoline Powered Engines
Photo: Paul Macapia

An Exhibition of Gasoline Powered Engines

Date1993
Object number98.52
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1998
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistoryChicago, Illinois, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Radical Scavengers: The Conceptual Vernacular in Recent American Art, 1994. New York, New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, An Exhibition in Honor of his Gallery and Artists, Jan. 27 - Mar. 19, 1996. Los Angeles, California, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ed Ruscha's Light: An Exhibition of Works Related to the Artist's Recent Commission for the Getty Center, May 12 - Sept. 13, 1998. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Anne Gerber Biennial: 2000 1/2 going forward looking back, June 8 - July 16, 2000. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modern in America, July 8, 2004 - Feb. 27, 2005. London, England, Hayward Gallery, Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting, Oct. 14, 2009 - Jan. 10, 2010. 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. 75. New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, Ed Ruscha / Now Then, Sept. 10, 2023 - Jan. 13, 2024 (Los Angeles, California, LACMA, April 7 - Oct. 6, 2024)Published ReferencesCherix, Christophe. ED RUSCHA: NOW THEN. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2023; p. 257. Ellroy, James, Ralph Rugoff, Alexandra Schwartz, et. al. Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting. London: Hayward Gallery, 2009; p. 151 Ed Ruscha Getty Exhibition 2008. http://www.gettymuseum.us/news/press/exhibit/ruscha.html accessed February 11, 2008 Hackett, Regina. "Seattle Art Museum Rises Artfully to a Whole New Level," Seattle Post-Intelligencer. May 3, 2007. Theater/Fine Arts Hackett, Regina. "SAM's Modern Art Curator has High Hopes for his Expanded Collection," Seattle Post-Intelligencer. March 14, 2007. Theater/Fine Arts Ishikawa, Chiyo et al. Seattle Art Museum Downtown. Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2007, illus. pp. 59, 69 Engberg, Siri; "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999." New York: Distributed Art Publishers, 1999; pg 42-43 McKenna, Kristine, "Lightening Up the Getty"; Los Angeles Times, May 24, 1998 Calendar Bartley, Tracy. "Seeing Things Age Is a Form of Beauty," Conservation, The GCI Newsletter 13 (2), 1998; p. 10-11.
Credit LinePurchased with funds from Jeffrey and Susan Brotman, Mary Alice and Dick Cooley, Jane and David Davis, Robert Dootson, Lyn and Jerry Grinstein, Ann and John H. Hauberg, Mimi and Vinton Sommerville, Mary and Dean Thornton, Carol Wright, and Margaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund
Dimensions84 x 84 in. (213.4 x 213.4 cm)
MediumAcrylic on linen