Edward Ruscha, Soil, 1971
Images of Edward Ruscha, Soil

Soil, 1971
Gunpowder and powdered pigment on paper
Sheet: 11 ½ × 29 ¼ in. (29.2 × 74.3 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Gerald S. Elliott, 1978.48
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
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Exhibitions
- Endless Summer–
- Short A glowing white sphere casts shadows on a white wall.
- Long A four-pointed, mandala-like set of pale grey shadows surround a glowing slightly warm-hued sphere on a white wall framed at the bottom by a gray floor.
Collection
- Edward Ruscha, Mason Williams, and Patrick Blackwell, Royal Road Test, 1980
- Short The words "ROYAL ROAD TEST" are printed in black in a vintage typeface on a beige rectangular spiral notebook.
- Edward Ruscha and Lawrence Weiner, Hard Light, 1978
- Short In this grainy photograph, a light-skinned woman with long brown hair is seen in profile. She stands with her hands on her hips in front of shelves full of glassware and spices.
- Edward Ruscha, Ed Ruscha Photographs, 2003
- Short A white image, likely a book cover, reads "SEVEN PRODUCTS TWENTY-FIVE APARTMENTS THREE PALM TREES SIX ROOFTOPS AND ONE AERIAL VIEW." The bottom of the image reads "ED RUSCHA PHOTOGRAPHS."
- Edward Ruscha, Thirty-four Parking Lots in Los Angeles, 1974
- Short A minimal painting has no visual elements other than the words "THIRTYFOUR PARKING LOTS" in orange lettering. Each word, spaced on its own line, spans the width of the canvas.
- Edward Ruscha, Colored People, 1972
- Short The words COLORED PEOPLE are printed in black italic letters on a lemon yellow vertical rectangle.
- Edward Ruscha, A Few Palm Trees, 1971
- Short A solid black vertical rectangle hangs on a white surface.
- Edward Ruscha, Real Estate Opportunities, 1970
- Short White book cover with black block text.
- Edward Ruscha, Some Los Angeles Apartments, 1970
- Short White book cover with lime green block text.
- Edward Ruscha, Every Building on the Sunset Strip, 1966
- Short A photograph of a white piece of paper has small light grey text reading "THE SUNSET STRIP" at the top of the page.