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Big Dipper Over Desert, Edward Ruscha, 1982
Edward Ruscha, portraitEdward RuschaAmerican, 1937

Big Dipper Over Desert

1982 · Print

May one see it?

Not receiving at present

The Museum of Modern Art

New York, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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Particulars

1982 · aged 45
1937now
Accession number
635.1983

In the catalog

PrintsAquatintContemporary art20th century

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  • The Museum of Modern Art
  • Image: The Museum of Modern Art — © the artist or rights holder

Meanwhile, in the life of Edward Ruscha

The whole life
  1. from 1980

    Devises his own typeface “Boy Scout Utility Modern”

    From 1980 he uses an all-caps typeface of his own invention in which curved letter forms are squared off (as in the Hollywood sign); from the mid-1980s many of his paintings include black or white “blanks” or “censor strips” to suggest where the “missing” words would have been placed.

  2. 19 June 1982 – 28 September 1982

    Exhibition: documenta 7

  3. 1983

    First retrospective at SFMOMA

    The long series of museum retrospectives begins: the exhibition at SFMOMA travels on to the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the San Antonio Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

More by Edward Ruscha

All works
Large Trademark with Eight Spotlights, Edward Ruscha, 1962

Large Trademark with Eight Spotlights

1962 · Whitney Museum of American Art

Vicksburg, Edward Ruscha, 1960

Vicksburg

1960 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Dorothy Ruscha, Edward Ruscha, 1960

Dorothy Ruscha

1960 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Zone, Edward Ruscha, 1961

Zone

1961 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Study for “OOF", Ed Ruscha, 1962

Study for “OOF"

1962 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

3327 Division ('39 Ford), Ed Ruscha, 1962

3327 Division ('39 Ford)

1962 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

New Painting of Common Objects, Edward Ruscha, 1962

New Painting of Common Objects

1962 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Gas, Edward Ruscha, 1962

Gas

1962 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Neighbors at The Museum of Modern Art

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Rock, Bakers Beach, San Francisco, California, Ansel Adams, c. 1931

Ansel Adams

Rock, Bakers Beach, San Francisco, California, c. 1931

The Olive Trees, Vincent van Gogh, Saint Rémy, June-July 1889

Vincent van Gogh

The Olive Trees, Saint Rémy, June-July 1889

The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, Saint Rémy, June 1889

Vincent van Gogh

The Starry Night, Saint Rémy, June 1889

Goat Skull and Bottle, Pablo Picasso, Vallauris, 1951 (cast 1954)

Pablo Picasso

Goat Skull and Bottle, Vallauris, 1951 (cast 1954)

She-Goat, Pablo Picasso, Vallauris, 1950 (cast 1952)

Pablo Picasso

She-Goat, Vallauris, 1950 (cast 1952)

Face in Profile (plate, page 21) from Corps perdu, Pablo Picasso, 1949, published 1950

Pablo Picasso

Face in Profile (plate, page 21) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

Coupling (plate, page 17) from Corps perdu, Pablo Picasso, 1949, published 1950

Pablo Picasso

Coupling (plate, page 17) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

"Présence" (chapter title, page 13) from Corps perdu, Pablo Picasso, 1949, published 1950

Pablo Picasso

"Présence" (chapter title, page 13) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950