Lion in Oil

2002 · Painting

Can I see it?

Not on view at present

Where is “Lion in Oil” now? Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.

New York, United States

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

1999–2001
Retrospectives at the Walker Art Center, the Hirshhorn and the Reina Sofía
In 1999 the Walker Art Center mounts “Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959–1999”, a survey of his prints, books and graphic works (well over 300), the show travels to LACMA in 2000, and Ruscha co-authors the catalogue raisonné with curator Siri Engberg. A retrospective follows at the Hirshhorn Museum in 2000 and at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in 2001.
2000
The Achenbach Foundation buys his complete graphic archive
The Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, buys the complete graphic archive of 325 prints and 800 working proofs for $10 million, funded by the philanthropist Phyllis Wattis, and negotiates for impressions of future prints.
2003
Curates a show of his teacher Emerson Woelffer
He curates “Emerson Woelffer: A Solo Flight”, a survey of the work of the late Los Angeles-based Abstract Expressionist, under whom he studied, for the inaugural exhibition of the Gallery at REDCAT.
2004
The Whitney acquires more than 300 of his photographs
The Whitney Museum of American Art acquires more than 300 photographs through a purchase and gift from the artist, making it the principal repository of his photographic oeuvre; they include vintage prints from his seven-month European tour of 1961.