PRINTS
Ruscha, Ed; Pace Editions
U.S. (1937 - ); Printed in France: Paris
Sunliners #4
1996
Etching and aquatint on Hahnemüle paper
10 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (26.4 x 19.4 cm) image size;17 x 13 in. (43.2 x 33 cm) sheet size;10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (26.7 x 19.1 cm) plate mark size
Gift of Burt and Jane Berman
FA 2001.211

In 1995 Ruscha collaborated with Aldo Crommelynck, a world-renowned master etcher, on Sunliners, a series named after a convertible made by Ford in the 1950s. The project came about during a visit Crommelynck made to Ruscha's studio, where he saw a series of the artist's gouache drawings of drinking glasses floating on lush grounds. He immediately saw potential in the surfaces for translation to nuanced etchings, and invited Ruscha into a collaboration (Siri Engberg, Catalogue Raisonné: Edward Ruscha Editions 1959-1999, Volume II). -- Label copy for 150 Works of Art, October 1, 2005 to February 26, 2006.