Harvard Art Museums > 2005.102: Study for "Box Smashed Flat (Vicksburg)" Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Study for "Box Smashed Flat (Vicksburg)" (Edward Ruscha) , 2005.102,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/4869. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2005.102 People Edward Ruscha, American (Omaha, NE born 1937) Title Study for "Box Smashed Flat (Vicksburg)" Other Titles Former Title: Raisin (Study for Vicksburg) Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1960 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/4869 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on cream tracing paper Dimensions 57.7 × 47.1 cm (22 11/16 × 18 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, l.r.: Ed Ruscha 1960 gallery label: top center of backing board of frame, paper: Anthony Meier Fine Art / 1969 California Street / San Francisco / California 94109 / Ed Ruscha / Raisin (Study for Vicksburg), 1960 / Pencil on vellum / 22 x 16 1/2 inches / 55.9 x 41.9 cm Provenance Recorded Ownership History Stavros Merjos and Honor Fraser. [Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, California], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number Turvey D1960.11 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund Copyright © Ed Ruscha Accession Year 2005 Object Number 2005.102 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Lisa Turvey, ed., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Works on Paper, Gagosian Gallery, New York (New York, 2014), p. 53, cat. no. D1960.11, ill. (color) Susan Dackerman, ed., Corita Kent and the Language of Pop, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2015), pp. 148-149, cat. 34, ill. (color) Jennifer Quick, Back to the Drawing Board: Ed Ruscha, Art, and Design in the 1960s, Yale University Press (New Haven and London, 2022), pp. 62, 64, fig. 44, ill. (color) Exhibition History Corita Kent and the Language of Pop, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/03/2015 - 01/03/2016; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, 02/13/2016 - 04/13/2016 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
