Object number2009.16

Here and Now

Date2008-2009

Artist Edward Ruscha (American, born 1937)

CultureAmerican

MediumLithograph on paper

EditionEdition 11 of 75

DimensionsSheet: 17 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (43.8 x 59 cm)
Matted: 22 x 27 3/4 in. (55.9 x 70.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Lynn G. Straus, class of 1946

Period20th c

Classification(s)

SignedOn recto, signed lower right corner in pencil: Ed Ruscha

InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower right corner in pencil: [signature] 2009. On recto, lower left corner in pencil: 11/75. On verso, lower left corner in black ink below stamped lettering: ER08-1577

MarkingsOn verso, stamped lower left corner: Published by Gemini G.E.L. LLC / Los Angeles California / © 2008 Ed Ruscha and Gemini G.E.L. LLC. On recto, stamped [embossed within a circular outline] lower right corner: c. On recto, stamped [embossed within a circular outline] lower right corner: II.

Vassar Exhibitions

A Living Legacy: Gifts from Lynn Gross Straus

Label TextEd Ruscha, like several other artists of his generation, is fascinated by the signs and symbols of modern life. The phrase “Here and Now” stairsteps down a box marked with the four cardinal directions. The title phrase, in capital red letters and underlined as if with blue spray paint, locates the viewer in a specific place (“here”) and time (“now”).

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