Ruscha plays the typography of a word off the word itself. Zoo and Ooo are not liquid words, but words formed by folded or curled papers rendered in trompe-l’oeil. The printer Jean Milant established his own shop, Cirrus Editions and Cirrus Gallery, in Hollywood; Ruscha made 20 editions at Cirrus between 1970 and 1974, many of which were a combination of lithography and screen printing.
Details
- Artist Name: Ed Ruscha (American, 1937-)
- Title: Zoo
- Date: 1969
- Medium: Lithograph on calendered Rives BFK paper; torn and deckle edges
- Dimensions: comp: 5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.8 cm); sheet: 9-3/4 x 12 in. (24.8 x 30.5 cm)
- Publisher: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc.
- Printer: Jean Milant
- Credit Line: Norton Simon Museum, Anonymous Gift
- Accession Number: P.1972.08.023
- Copyright: © 2012 Edward Ruscha
Object Information
Printmaking in the Sixties: Interpretations of Common Objects
- Norton Simon Museum, 1988-05-26 to 1988-08-14
Ooo: Early Prints by Ed Ruscha
- Norton Simon Museum, 2006-09-22 to 2007-01-22
Pop Culture!
- Norton Simon Museum, 2001-11-16 to 2002-02-11
Art from Stone: Prints from the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, 1960-1970
- Norton Simon Museum, 1999-06-24 to 1999-12-12
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