Edward RuschaAmerican, 1937You Will Eat Hot Lead
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “You Will Eat Hot Lead” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 2007.105.11
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Edward Ruscha
The whole life1999–2001
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.
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