BooksAmerican20th century
Edward Ruscha, Centre Cultural de la Fundacio Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona
1990
Artists
Edward RuschaArtist
Dimensions
cover: 29.4 x 24.1 cm (11 9/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Provenance
[Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, California], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, September 20, 1999.
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