About this artwork
The drawing Study for Ice is one of the artist’s early iterations of a single-word composition, which has become a mainstay throughout his career. The articulation of the melting word is directly related to a photograph Ruscha made of an ice truck. The piece can clearly be understood as a precursor to his famous “liquid word” paintings, such as City from 1968.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Ed Ruscha
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Title
- Study for Ice
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1961
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Medium
- Oil and pencil on off-white wove paper
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Inscriptions
- Signed and dated recto, lower right: "Ed Ruscha 1961"
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Dimensions
- 27 × 30.4 cm (10 11/16 × 12 in.)
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Credit Line
- Promised gift of Edward and Danna Ruscha
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Reference Number
- 603.2010