Standard [station] / Edward Ruscha. – Antique Wall Art
![Standard [station] / Edward Ruscha., 1966 — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/48/4895942f45a5-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Standard [station] / Edward Ruscha.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Standard [station] / Edward Ruscha.
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The Standard brand name once marked gas stations across much of the country, and Edward Ruscha turns its familiar canopy and sign into flat, saturated color. Ruscha, a Los Angeles artist associated with Pop art, had earlier photographed gasoline stations for his 1962 book *Twentysix Gasoline Stations*, and he returned to the roadside station as a subject in later prints. The screenprint is signed and dated in pencil by the artist. It captures how the automobile shaped American commercial landscapes in the 1960s.
| Created / published | 1966 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : silkscreen, color. |
| Genre | Screen prints Color 1960-1970. |
| Notes | Signed and dated in pencil. Library of Congress prints and photographs: an illustrated guide / Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 77 |
| Subjects | Automobile service stations--United States--1960-1970. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,449 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217879 |
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