The Course of Empire

2005

Ed Ruscha

Artist, American, born 1937

Ed Hamilton

Printer, American, born 1941

Hamilton Press

Publisher, est. 1990

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Bud and Fran Moreland Johns)

  • Dimensions

    image (overall): 29.21 × 23.81 cm (11 1/2 × 9 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 45.72 × 38.58 cm (18 × 15 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.3511

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engberg 1999, undescribed

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hamilton Press, Venice, California; Bud and Fran Moreland Johns, San Francisco, California, c. 2005; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2013; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left corner in graphite: 20/50; lower right corner in graphite: Ed Ruscha 2005; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: EH580-08ER

Markings

embossed lower left: [Hamilton Press symbol]

Watermarks

BFK RIVES / FRANCE [infinity symbol]

Wikidata ID

Q77010555

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