Ed Ruscha
Babycakes

Babycakes

© Ed Ruscha

Babycakes
Babycakes
ArtistAmerican, born 1937
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Babycakes
Date1971
PlaceCalifornia, United States
MediumGunpowder and pastel on paper (Grumbacher No. 120) board
DimensionsSheet: 11 9/16 × 29 in. (29.4 × 73.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the National Endowment for the Arts with matching gifts from Mrs. Roy S. O'Connor, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kitchen III, Nina Cullinan, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan M. Avery, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Fitch, Alice McPherson, M.D., Joan H. Fleming, and Carl Detering in honor of Phyllis Childs Detering, Carl Detering, Jr., and Will Childs Detering
Object number80.99
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Cotton puffs, Q-Tips, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings," York, June 24–September 26, 2004; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, October 17, 2004–January 17, 2005; National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 13–May 30, 2005.

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