Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 52.1995
People: Edward Ruscha, American (Omaha, NE born 1937)
Title: Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: artist's book
Date: 1968
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/283694

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Perfect bound Artist's book with photo-mechanically produced imagery
Technique: Photomechanical print
Dimensions: 17.9 x 14 x 0.5 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/2 x 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Private collector, Arlington, MA, purchased from Steven Leiber, on long term loan to H.U. Art Museums. Loaned May 5, 1995.
Steven Leiber, sale to Private collector.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: E. B8

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan in honor of Branden W. Joseph
Object Number: 52.1995
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Landmark Pictures: Ed Ruscha/Andreas Gursky, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 01/08/2000 - 03/19/2000
32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/23/2015 - 10/07/2015

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52.1995: Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass