About the Artwork
America, Her Best Product
1974
Edward Ruscha (Artist) American, born 1937 Cirrus Editions Lts. (Printer)
Lithograph printed in color on wove paper
Sheet: 31 3/8 × 23 5/8 inches (79.7 × 60 cm)
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Gift of Lorillard, Division of Lowe Theaters, Inc.
76.57
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Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right, verso: Edward Ruscha 74
Inscribed, in pencil, lower left, verso: 52/125 Inscribed, above drystamp, lower right corner, verso: 179C-ER74
Marked, printer's drystamp, lower left corner.
Provenance
Division of Lowe Theater Lorillard
1976-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Baur, J.H. Kent Bicentennial Portfolio, Spirit of Independence. New York, 1975, p. 27 [with statement by the artist].
American Prints 1960-1985. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1986, p. 352.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Edward Ruscha, America, Her Best Product, 1974, lithograph printed in color on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Lorillard, Division of Lowe Theaters, Inc., 76.57.
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