Edward RuschaAmerican, 1937The Old Trade School Building
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “The Old Trade School Building” 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.
- Checked
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 2005.136
In the catalog
Sources
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Image: Whitney Museum of American Art — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Edward Ruscha
The whole life2003
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.
2005
Represents the United States at the 51st Venice Biennale
Ruscha shows at the Biennale the painting cycle “The Course of Empire”, made for the place and the occasion; two of its works, “The Old Tool & Die Building” and “The Old Trade School Building”, are bought by Leonard A. Lauder for the Whitney.
