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Clarence Jones
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937)
Title
Clarence Jones
Artist
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937)
Date
2001
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
72 × 124 1/8 in. (182.9 × 315.3 cm)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
The Phillip G. Schrager Collection. Gift of Terri L. Schrager
Object Number
2024.15.20
On View
On view
Copyright
© Ed Ruscha
Provenance
Purchased from Gagosian Gallery, New York, by Mr. Phillip G. Schrager (1937–2010), Omaha, Nebraska, November 30, 2001–2010;
Inherited by his wife, Mrs. Terri L. Schrager (b. 1953), Omaha, Nebraska, by 2016;
Her gift to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 2024.
Exhibition History
Ed Ruscha: Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, New York, May 10–June 15, 2002.
Word/Play: Prints, Photographs and Paintings by Ed Ruscha, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, February 3–April 6, 2018.
Ed Ruscha / Now Then, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 10–January 13, 2024 [1].
[1] This exhibition was co-organized by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, however the painting only appeared in the MoMA iteration.
Published References
Adam Gopnik, Ed Ruscha: Paintings, exh. cat. (New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2002), 7, 11, n.p., (repro.).
Tom McDonough, “Ed Ruscha at C and M Arts and Gagosian,” Art in America, September 2002, 128.
Martha Schwendener, “Ed Ruscha/Gagosian Gallery,” Artforum, November 2002, 185.
Pamela Thompson, “Masterpiece Theater: Sheldon Forum Members Tour an Art Lover's Paradise in Omaha,” L Magazine, March 2004, 21, (repro.).
“Word/Play: Prints, Photographs and Paintings by Ed Ruscha,” Joslyn Now, Winter 2018, 4, (repro.).
Edward Ruscha, Christophe Cherix, Ana Torok, Kiko Aebi, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Donna De Salvo, and Linda Norden, et al, Ed Ruscha / Now Then, exh. cat. (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2023), 276–77, 318, (repro.).
Karin Campbell, The Phillip G. Schrager Collection at the Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 2024), 110–11, 141, (repro.).