BooksAmerican20th century
Joe Goode/Ed Ruscha
1968
Artists
Edward RuschaArtist
Dimensions
cover: 25.6 x 20.5 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Provenance
[Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, California], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, September 20, 1999.
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